Lucille Clifton

"What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else."

- Lucille Clifton

"The moon is queen of everything. She rules the oceans, rivers, rain. When I am asked whose tears these are; I always blame the moon."

- Lucille Clifton

"these hips have never been enslaved, they go where they want to go they do what they want to do. these hips are mighty hips. these hips are magic hips"

- Lucille Clifton

"The Moon is queen of everything. She rules the oceans, rivers, rain. When I am asked whose tears these are; I always blame the Moon."

- Lucille Clifton

"Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language."

- Lucille Clifton