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Yolande Cornelia Giovanni, Jr., connue sous le nom de Nikki Giovanni, née le 7 juin 1943 à Knoxville dans l'État du Tennessee, est une écrivaine, poète, éditrice et une universitaire américaine. Elle est également connue pour être une des figures du Black Arts Movement et une militante du mouvement américain des droits civiques. Wikipedia  

✵ 7. juin 1943
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“I love you because no two snowflakes are alike, and it is possible, if you stand tippy-toe, to walk between the raindrops.”

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“I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.”

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“and sometimes I sit
down at my typewriter
and I think
not of someone
cause there isn't anyone
to think
about and i wonder
is it worth it”

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“A lot of people refuse to do things because they don't want to go naked, don't want to go without guarantee. But that's what's got to happen. You go naked until you die”

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“You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts because if you write with someone looking over you shoulder, you'll never write.”

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“I’ve not learned the acceptable way of saying you fascinate me… I’ve not even learned how to say I like you without frightening people away”

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“Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.”

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“I'm glad I understand that while language is a gift, listening is a responsibility. (U. S. poet and writer, 1943- )”

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“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.”

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“Writers don't write from experience, although many are hesitant to admit that they don't…. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.”

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“And you will understand all too soon
That you, my children of battle, are your heroes”

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Source: The Collected Poetry, 1968-1998

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