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Anne Spencer Quotes

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach.

One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach.

Anne Spencer
Inspirational, Sad, Beautiful

Let me learn now where Beauty is; I was born to know her mysteries . . .

Anne Spencer
Mystery, Born, Let Me

It is dangerous for a woman to defy the gods; To taunt them with the tongue's thin tip, Or strut in the weakness of mere humanity, Or draw a line daring them to cross.

Anne Spencer
Women, Humanity, Weakness

I proudly love being a Negro woman -- it's so involved and interesting.

Anne Spencer
Love Is, Interesting, Involved

Guilt pins a fig-leaf; Innocence is its own adorning.

Anne Spencer
Guilt, Innocence, Figs
Anne Spencer, “At The Carnival”

Is any prophet come to teach a new thing Now in a more apt time?

Anne Spencer
Prophet, Teach, New Things
Anne Spencer, “Before The Feast Of Shushan”

Heaven's Virginia when the year's at its Spring.

Anne Spencer
Spring, Virginia, Years

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