my spirit is too ancient to understand the separation of soul & gender

- Ntozake Shange

Where there is a woman there is magic. If there is a moon falling from her mouth, she is a woman who knows her magic, who can share or not share her …

- Ntozake Shange

When I die, I will no be guilty of having left a generation of girls behind thinking that anyone can tend to their emotional health other than themse…

- Ntozake Shange

Where there is a woman there is magic.

- Ntozake Shange

I am gonna write poems til i die and when i have gotten outta this body i am gonna hang round in the wind and knock over everybody who got their feet…

- Ntozake Shange

somebody/ anybody sing a black girl's song bring her out to know herself to know you but sing her rhythms carin/ struggle/ hard times sing her song o…

- Ntozake Shange

i found god in myself and i loved her i loved her fiercely

- Ntozake Shange

Right now being born a girl is to be born threatened.

- Ntozake Shange

Creation is everything you do. Make something.

- Ntozake Shange