"These is old blues / and I sing em like any woman do. / These the old blues / and I sing em, sing em, sing em. Just like any woman do. / My life ain't done yet. / Naw. My song ain't through."

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Source : Sherley Anne Williams (1975). “The Peacock Poems”, p.25, Wesleyan University Press

Sherley Anne Williams

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“You are the most brave intrepid person I have ever known, and you have dedicated your life to helping those who are misunderstood and underrepresented.”
“Here Stormbringer spies the Stepsons, the Theban fighters, and the 3rd Commando, attending to their own. In the face of such unflinching determination and unswerving devotion, the hurricane pauses and calms. Its ravings turn to mutters.”
“To have a vision of the cosmic plan, in which every form of life depends on directed movements which have effects beyond their conscious aim, is to understand the child's work and be able to guide it better.”
“His chin grazed the top of my head and then his lips brushed across my forehead. â€œIâ€™m not going anywhere,â€ he said. â€œIâ€™ll be right here when you wake up, sweetheart. I promise.”
“Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.”
“Sometimes great things come from doing things quickly and not over-thinking stuff.”
“It is an artist's duty to be on the wrong end of the see-saw.”
“I think death is just a transition to another state of consciousness.”

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