73 Quotes by Pearl Cleage

If you don’t annoy your big sister for no good reason from time to time, she thinks you don’t love her anymore.

Sisterhood is a funny thing. It’s easy to recognize, but hard to define.

Any time your life is at stake and you can’t find even one woman to come forward and say, ‘This is a good man,’ your problem isn’t what kind of woman THEY are. Your problem is what kind of men YOU are.

Buying flowers is not just a way to bring home beauty. It’s an expression of confidence that better days are coming. It’s a defiant finger in the face of those naysayers who would have you believe your fortunes will never improve.

I really love writing comedy. Writing romantic comedy is even nicer because you get to write about how insane we all act when we’re falling in love.

You know the Buddhists believe that sometimes when everything is in turmoil, it’s because something wonderful is ready to be born and that thing is distracting you so it can have some privacy during the birthing process.

Many times, what people call ‘writer’s block’ is the confusion that happens when a writer has a great idea, but their writing skill is not up to the task of putting that idea down on paper. I think that learning the craft of writing is critical.

When you’re young, there’s a whole lot of stuff you say you’ll never do. Once you get a little older, the list tends to get shorter.

I’ve never been to Paris. I don’t like to fly!