It's not a ladder we're climbing, it's literature we're producing. . . . We cannot possibly leave it to history as a discipline nor to sociology nor science nor economics to tell the story of our people. - Nikki Giovanni Quotes
It's not a ladder we're climbing, it's literature we're producing. . . . We cannot possibly leave it to history as a discipline nor to sociology nor science nor economics to tell the story of our people. Nikki Giovanni
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His headstone said

His headstone said "Free at last, Free at last" - But death is a slave's freedom - We seek the freedom of free men - And the construction of a world - Where Martin Luther King could have lived - and preached non-violence

Nikki Giovanni

 Death
It's not a ladder we're climbing, it's literature we're producing. . . . We cannot possibly leave it to history as a discipline nor to sociology nor science nor economics to tell the story of our people. - Nikki Giovanni Quotes

It's not a ladder we're climbing, it's literature we're producing. . . . We cannot possibly leave it to history as a discipline nor to sociology nor science nor economics to tell the story of our people.

Nikki Giovanni

 Discipline
She sounds extremely creative, in that she turned historical figures into mythical figures. Obviously, she's absorbing images and metaphors, and shows she's thinking. What more do we want a seven-year-old to do? - Nikki Giovanni Quotes

She sounds extremely creative, in that she turned historical figures into mythical figures. Obviously, she's absorbing images and metaphors, and shows she's thinking. What more do we want a seven-year-old to do?

Nikki Giovanni

 
I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try. - Nikki Giovanni Quotes

I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.

Nikki Giovanni

 American Poet Life
We love because it's the only true adventure - Nikki Giovanni Quotes

We love because it's the only true adventure

Nikki Giovanni

 
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts. - Nikki Giovanni Quotes

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

Nikki Giovanni

 American Poet
If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else. - Nikki Giovanni Quotes

If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.

Nikki Giovanni

 American Poet
We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained. - Nikki Giovanni Quotes

We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.

Nikki Giovanni

 American Poet Spirit
It is not who you attend school with but who controls the school you attend. - Nikki Giovanni Quotes

It is not who you attend school with but who controls the school you attend.

Nikki Giovanni

 School
Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us. - Nikki Giovanni Quotes

Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.

Nikki Giovanni

 American Poet
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