Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.
– Nikki Giovanni
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
If you don't understand yourself you don't understand anybody else.
– Nikki Giovanni
Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.
– Nikki Giovanni
Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.
– Nikki Giovanni
There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a slave.
– Nikki Giovanni
We eat up artists like there's going to be a famine at the end.
– Nikki Giovanni
We love because it's the only true adventure.
– Nikki Giovanni
We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.
– Nikki Giovanni
You must invent your own games and teach us old ones how to play.
– Nikki Giovanni
Nothing is easy to the unwilling.
– Nikki Giovanni
Poetry and music are very good friends. Like mommies and daddies and strawberries and cream - they go together.
– Nikki Giovanni
I spend a lot of time learning about bird watching.
– Nikki Giovanni
I appreciate and enjoy my age.
– Nikki Giovanni
I am totally fascinated by people and our history as I understand and continue to explore it. People have so much to give and so far to go and yet we have given and gone a great distance. It's really just interesting to ask: why not? And see where that takes me.
– Nikki Giovanni
For most of my life, I've thought of myself as pretty cool.
– Nikki Giovanni
A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it.