The more you love someone the more he wants from you and the less you have to give since you've already given… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I am totally fascinated by people and our history as I understand and continue to explore it. People have so much to… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I was responding to one thing for the woman I knew, and there's another thing for what did she give, right. She… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Storytelling is how history is passed. It's what our ancestors did, it's what everybody's done. It has to come back into a… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I always loved English because whatever human beings are, we are storytellers. It is our stories that give a light to the… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I just think she was a wonderful woman. What I think of when I think of Nina [Simone] is someone that I could relate… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I am ever fascinated by the human experience and by, actually, human beings. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
You do what you can with what you have. You have to work the edges whatever they are. The main thing is keeping your… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I’ve not learned the acceptable way of saying you fascinate me...I’ve not even learned how to say I like you without frightening people away- — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
ever been kidnapped by a poet if i were a poet i'd kidnap you put you in my phrases and meter.... — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Young people coming up who are having difficulty with their so-called celebrity need to get back into their lives. It's your life and you… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
[To become a poet] The most important thing is to pay attention. The next would probably be to read; it's so important to pay… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
daddy says the world is a drum tight and hard and i told him i’m gonna beat out my own rhythm — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
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![“I just think she was a wonderful woman. What I think of when I think of Nina [Simone] is someone that I could relate to, who didn't want anything from me, that could relate to me because I didn't want anything from her. It was nice.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4d5/nikki-giovanni-1757_nice_i-just-think-she-was-a-wonderful-woman-w_31454.jpg)
![“[To become a poet] The most important thing is to pay attention. The next would probably be to read; it's so important to pay attention. It keeps you from being bored, and I might add it keeps you from being boorish.” quote by Nikki Giovanni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/27b/nikki-giovanni-1757_add_to-become-a-poet-the-most-important-thin_189198.jpg)
