Pearl Cleage Quotes

...no woman can love a weak man hard enough to make him strong.

Discomfort is always a necessary part of enlightenment.

...freedom can be a full-time job if you let it.

you can't know the meaning of the lesson until class is over!

Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; solitude is herb tea and soft music.

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.

Feminism is to sexism what black nationalism is to racism; the most rational response to the problem.

Vera Stark is a fabulous force of nature.

the problem with knowing is that it takes away the possibility of pretending!

old habits are hard to break, but not impossible!

Putting words on paper regularly is part of the necessary discipline of writing. A journal is a great way to do that.

Domestic violence is the front line of the war against women.

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

Sometimes you have to show them what they want to see in order to get them to show you who they really are.

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.

As African-Americans, we often spend our time and energy blaming other people for the problems we see around us.

What looks like crazy on an ordinary day looks looks a lot like love if you catch it in the moonlight.

You can't save a person who doesn't want to be saved. It was like Mr. Eddie always told the new gardeners: Everybody's got to kill their own snakes.

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

Loneliness is random; solitude is ritual.

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

But it is the fear, not the writing that defeats me. Everything is not a masterpiece.

I've always loved the '40s romantic comedies and the idea of those mistaken identities and lovers' misunderstandings.