Quote by Ntozake Shange Download Open image ““Through my tears I found god in myself and I loved her fiercely”” — Ntozake Shange ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“So every day I was surrounded by the beautiful crying forth of the ideas of God, one of which was you.” — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
“God,” she cried, “what is love? Man seeking his own head? The human head, so rented by misery that even the teeth weigh! She… — Djuna Barnes Copy Share Image
“The one thing that had gotten me through these painful years was my faith that God was behind this and was guiding me to… — Guideposts Copy Share Image
“A dream of Her whom the vision of divine love revealed to my wounded heart.” — Raz Mihal Copy Share Image
“I loved her – my enemy – by choosing to not make her a substitute god to which I offered too many waking thoughts… — Carolyn Henderson Copy Share Image
“Seeing her was like seeing a reflection of myself, a mirror of my pain, my loss, my regret. A mirror of what stirred within… — A.L. Jackson Copy Share Image
“Crying had made her want a shoulder on which to rest her head, arms to hold her. She'd wasted too many tears alone in… — Laurie Alice Eakes Copy Share Image
“And those who have no one in this world, God is within them, in their tears, in their smiles and in their sad lonely… — Neymat Khan Copy Share Image
“Once home where she could cry, no tears came. Only thoughts weighted with sorrow. Never to initiate life. Never to feel life moving inside… — Monica Starkman Copy Share Image
“You may have lost someone, but you’ve found something immeasurably more valuable: God,’ she told me. ‘And God’s love lasts forever.” — Kristiane Backer Copy Share Image
“I have shed many tears. I have been broken in my spirit. But through it all, God's grace have lifted my soul.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
My characters don't talk necessarily in a normal American way of talking. They talk a little different. — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
It still amazes and fascinates me that women of color have kept my work alive for these many generations. — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
I write for young girls of color, for girls who don't even exist yet, so that there is something there for them when they… — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
My family moved around a lot, so I don't have any friends that I had all my life, but I did have annual trips… — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
i usedta live in the world really be in the world free & sweet talkin good mornin & thank-you & nice day uh huh… — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
The slaves who were ourselves had known terror intimately, confused sunrise with pain, & accepted indifference as kindness. — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
White people use their literature to maintain culture. That's why you find references to Milton and Spencer and Shakespeare and Dostoyevsky in contemporary novels. — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
Art gives us the opportunity to have clarity as well as hope that we might be able to survive a situation, or hope that… — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
I think art is a healing force, and if we give in to the joy that can be found in art, then we are… — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
