The courts cannot garnish a fathers salary, nor freeze his account, nor seize his property on behalf of his children, in our society. Apparently this is because a kid is not a car or a couch or a boat. – June Jordan
I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the meaning of the fact that I am Black: it means that I must undertake to love myself and to respect myself as though my very life depends upon self-love and self-respect. – June Jordan
The first function of poetry is to tell the truth, to learn how to do that, to find out what you really feel and what you really think. – June Jordan
Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth. – June Jordan
I dont diet, I dont do fads, Ive just decided to not eat carbs. So no more bread and pasta for the month. I cant live without chocolate, though. Ive always got a bar in my handbag. It has to be 72%. Any less and its too sweet, any more and its inedible. Like I said, Im very particular. – Nancy Meyers