Violence is like money in the bank; it's only helpful if you don't have to use it. Nikki Giovanni More Quotes by Nikki Giovanni More Quotes From Nikki Giovanni Who I really am keeps surprising me. Nikki Giovanni surprising Sacred cows make very poor gladiators. Nikki Giovanni sacredcowspoor The poet can only write the poems; it takes the reader to complete the meaning. Nikki Giovanni poetwritingbook I move on feeling and have learned to distrust those who don't. Nikki Giovanni trust-issuesfeelingsmoving History is wonderful. We have so much we can learn if we would quit making ideology out of history, and just deal with what happened. Nikki Giovanni dealsquittingwonderful If i can't have what i want . . . then my job is to want what i've got and be satisfied that at least there is something more to want Nikki Giovanni satisfiedwantjobs If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it. Nikki Giovanni truth-isgood-timesifs 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 inspiringinspirationallife I would put books on par with chocolate, because a good book is delicious. Nikki Giovanni good-bookchocolatebook I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippy-toe, to walk between the raindrops. Nikki Giovanni rainlovetwo I think we're always in love. It's that simple. And it's important to remember that love doesn't have anything to do with sex. It's two different things. Being in love is the happy part. I was teasing my gentleman, "We know that you're in love when you cook for us." It's true. When men cook for you, they're in love. Nikki Giovanni being-in-lovesimplelove-is In the name of peace Nikki Giovanni ubuntuwarpeace I used to dream militant dreams of taking over america to show these whitefolks how it should be done i used to dream radical dreams of blowing everyone away with my perceptive powers of correct analysis i even used to think that i'd be the one to stop the riot and negotiate the peace then i awoke & dug that if i dreamed natural dreams of being a natural woman doing what a woman does when she's natural i would have a revolution. Nikki Giovanni dreamamericathinking I am so hip even my errors are correct Nikki Giovanni self-loveafrican-americanerrors We need to make sure our children travel to see things. Not necessarily long distances but at least out of the neighborhood. On a train. A boat. An airplane. Nikki Giovanni airplanedistancechildren Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us. Nikki Giovanni responsibleafrican-americanlove A white face goes with a white mind. Occasionally a black face goes with a white mind. Very seldom a white face will have a black mind. Nikki Giovanni blackwhitemind I am of the generation of segregation. Black Lives Matter is post. I said today, and I will say all the time, "If Nina [Simone] were here, she'd have her Black Lives Matter [T-shirt] on." I think they're great kids. They don't need me or anybody else to tell them what to do. Nikki Giovanni blackkidsthinking go barefoot Nikki Giovanni bedsummersleep Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations. Nikki Giovanni spiritualloveyears
