Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr. (Nikki Giovanni) Quotes

Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.

Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.

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• I love TV.

  

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• I love The Inn at Palmetto Bluff, an Auberge Property in Bluffton, South Carolina. It's a spectacular corner of the world, with massive old trees lined with Spanish moss, and alligators swimming in the river.

  

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• I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.

  

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• I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.

  

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• Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.

  

  Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr.
  • Love
  • Know
  • For Her