"I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect."

--

Source : 1978 Address to Black Writers Conference, Howard University. Collected as 'Where Is the Love?' in Moving Towards Home (1989).

June Jordan

#Life Quotes #Happiness Quotes #Success Quotes

“I like strong opinions - I'll take that any day over someone who agrees with everything.”
“My longest love affair: with a book.”
“Arriving late was a way of saying that your own time was more valuable than the time of the person who waited for you.”

Source : Karen Joy Fowler (2005). “The Jane Austen Book Club”, p.163, Penguin
“Yet there is a dignity in the human spirit which can become most clearly visible in the moment of defeat and disaster.”
“We're a bit flashy, but the music's not one big noise.”
“If the foundation of faith is not embedded in our hearts, the power to endure will crumble.”
“I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.”
“It is possible to live twenty-four hours a day in a state of love. Every movement, every glance, every thought, and every word can be infused with love.”

You may also like:

Adrienne Rich
Poet
Alice Walker
Author
Audre Lorde
Writer
Fannie Lou Hamer
Political leader
Gwendolyn Brooks
Poet
Lucille Clifton
Poet
Nikki Giovanni
Writer
Ntozake Shange
Playwright
Sonia Sanchez
Poet