Top 25 Quotes by Pearl Cleage of 36 - Page 2

If you don't annoy your big sister for no good reason from time to time, she thinks you don't love her anymore.

If you don't annoy your big sister for no good reason from time to time, she thinks you don't love her anymore.

Pearl Cleage

Thinking, Big Sister, Annoying

Pearl Cleage (1997). “What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day”

Domestic violence is the front line of the war against women.

Pearl Cleage

War, Domestic Violence, Lines

Pearl Cleage (1993). “Deals With the Devil: And Other Reasons to Riot”

Loneliness is black coffee and late-night television; solitude is herb tea and soft music.

Pearl Cleage

Loneliness, Coffee, Being Alone

Pearl Cleage (1990). “Mad at Miles: a blackwoman's guide to truth”, Cleage Group

You can't save a person who doesn't want to be saved. It was like Mr. Eddie always told the new gardeners: Everybody's got to kill their own snakes.

Pearl Cleage

Snakes, Want, Gardener

Pearl Cleage (2010). “Till You Hear from Me: A Novel”, p.240, One World

I think all negotiations should take place at a round table and everybody should have to rotate counterclockwise once an hour so that even the perception of head of the table, or foot, are ritually obliterated.

Pearl Cleage

Power, Thinking, Should Have

Pearl Cleage (2001). “I Wish I Had a Red Dress: A Novel”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

As African-Americans, we often spend our time and energy blaming other people for the problems we see around us.

Pearl Cleage

People, African American, Energy

"Q and A with Author Pearl Cleage". ABC NEWS Interview, abcnews.go.com.

I've never been to Paris. I don't like to fly!

Pearl Cleage

Paris

Loneliness is random; solitude is ritual.

Pearl Cleage

Loneliness, Solitude, Ritual

Pearl Cleage (1990). “Mad at Miles: a blackwoman's guide to truth”, Cleage Group

Many times, what people call 'writer's block' is the confusion that happens when a writer has a great idea, but their writing skill is not up to the task of putting that idea down on paper. I think that learning the craft of writing is critical.

Pearl Cleage

Block, Writing, Thinking

When I got to the end of this play, I realized I was trying to make Angel do something that had not been justified by the characters and by their story . . .. I kept trying to force it, but that doesn't work. So I had to come to terms with what it meant for me to create a character who doesn't triumph.

Pearl Cleage

Character, Angel, Play