Nikki Grimes Quotes

For I am coconut / and the heart of me / is sweeter / than you know.

Something about your life always makes its way into your stories. Thats just the nature of the beast.

There's something about a blank page that makes me tingle.

Each of us is tied, in some fashion, to the past. We are all part of a continuum.

I'm an artist...The difference is that I don't tell anybody. I refuse to give them new reasons to laugh at me.

Son, don't mind what's missing. Count allthat's free: friendship, laughter, all thelove your heart can carry, and time -- count time.

Round still, but that's fine.Feeling good outside and in.Maybe I'm not thin, but skinny isn't perfect.The perfect size is happy.