It always making little surprises and springing them on us when us least expect.
I love his dear eyes in which the vulnerability and beauty of his soul can be plainly read.
I believe God is everything, say Shug. Everything that is or ever was or ever will be. And when you can feel that, and be happy to feel that, you've found It.
Helped are those who forgive; their reward shall be forgetfulness of every evil done to them. It will be in their power, therefore, to envision the new Earth.-----The Gospel According to Shug
God is different to us now, after all these years in Africa. More spirit than ever before, and more internal. Most people think he has to look like something or someone- a roofleaf or Christ- but we d...
Existem tantas coisas que nós não compreendemos. E tanta infelicidade acontece por causa disso.
And I thank God let me gain understanding enough to know love can't be halted just cause some peoples moan and groan. P.238
Ain't nothing wrong with Shug Avery. She just sick. Sicker than anybody I ever seen. She sicker than my mama was when she die. But she more evil than my mama and that keep her alive.
A womanist)3. Loves music. Loves dance. Loves the moon. Loves the Spirit. Loves love and food and roundness. Loves struggle. Loves the Folk. Loves herself. Regardless.
I just like to have words that describe things correctly. Now to me, 'black feminist' does not do that. I need a word that is organic, that really comes out of the culture, that really expresses the s...
It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.
There because of her brilliance but only tolerated because it was clear she was one, too, on whom true Ladyhood would never be conferred.
We do not believe in heaven or hell...; we do not believe in eternal damnation. We believe only in the unavoidable horror of hurting others and of likewise being hurt.
There's something in all of us that wants a medal for what we have done. That wants to be appreciated.
Susannah was glad that, on principle, she rarely listened to men. Rarely believed, really, a word they said. No matter how much she might love them.
Religion is an elaborate excuse for what man has done to women and to the earth
People think pleasing God is all God care about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.
May our call be from this day onward, to all the creatures and beings of the planet who have no voice: I have come to you, for you, to be a witness to your life and to extend whatever understanding an...
Mas todas as coisas parecem brilhar porque eu tenho uma alma amorosa com a qual dividi-las.
I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. People think pleasing God is all God cares about. But any fool living in the world can see it always...