“When we meet someone and fall in love, we have a sense that the whole universe is on our side. And yet if something goes wrong, there is nothing left! How is it possible for the beauty that was the...”

“Anyone who is in love is making love the whole time, even when they're not. When two bodies meet, it is just the cup overflowing. They can stay together for hours, even days. They begin the dance o...”

“The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.”

“Ive met a man and fallen in love with him. I allowed myself to fall in love for one simple reason: Im not expecting anything to come of it. I know that, in three months time, Ill be far away and he...”

“What made you fall in love with a prostitute?I didnt understand it myself at the time. But Ive thought about it since, and I think it was because, knowing that your body would never be mine alone, ...”

“I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.”

“No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough.”

“When you reduce a woman to writing, she makes you think of a thousand other women”

“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”