And when they spy on us let them discover us loving

Surely the earth can be savedby all the peoplewho insiston love.

They had a lot of love to give. But I needed love plus understanding. They run a little short of that.

Even as I hold youI think of you as someone gonefar, far away. Your eyes the colorof pennies in a bowl of dark honeybringing sweet light to someone elseyour black hair slipping through my fingersis the flash of your head goingaround a corneryour smile, breaking before me,the flippant last turnof a revolving door,emptying you out, changed,away from me.Even as I hold youI am letting go.

Shug Avery sat up in bed a little today. I wash and comb out her hair. She got the nottiest, shortest, kinkiest hair I ever saw, and I loves every strand of it.

I love the women's movement, and I never thought of it as belonging to any particular segment of the population.

You must learn to love only that which cannot be stolen.

You have to give others the opportunity to love who you love. If they don't accept it, it's their loss.