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Nikki Giovanni Quotes about Children

Favorite poems are like favorite children. We definitely have them but we never tell as the others would have their feelings hurt.

"Living Legends: An Interview With the Incomparable Nikki Giovanni". Interview with Matthew Lynch, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 6, 2012.

And you will understand all too soon That you, my children of battle, are your heroes

Nikki Giovanni (1993). “Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People”, p.49, Chicago Review Press