"Everything starts with writing. I heard Nikki Giovanni and was blown away. I just thought 'wow'; she was writing from a black girl's perspective, and the imagery was so vivid that I started doing spoken word."

-- Jill Scott

#Girl Quotes #Writing Quotes #Perspective Quotes

“I was born gay, just as I was born black.”
“There is one fairly good reason for fighting - and that is, if the other man starts it. You see, wars are a great wickedness, perhaps the greatest wickedness of a wicked species. They are so wicked that they must not be allowed. When you can be perfectly certain that the other man started them, then is the time when you might have a sort of duty to stop them.”

Source : T. H. White (2011). “The Once and Future King”, p.204, Penguin
“So what were you [Sonea] and Dorrien discussing before?' Akkarin asked. She turned to regard him. 'Discussing?' 'Outside the farmhouse when I was buying the food.' 'Oh. Then. Nothing.' He smiled and nodded. 'Nothing. Amazing subject, that one. Produces such fascinating reactions in people.”
“Cocaine is yucky. I did it once: I was at a party; I was bored. I was like, 'Alright, I'll do a line.' Then I was just bored longer.”
“When you have nothing left to burn, you must set yourself on fire.”
“Purpose is what gives life meaning.”
“It is better to practice a little than talk a lot.”
“The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names.”

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