Marilyn Nelson Quotes

I did not have to learn to love you: You were chosen for me. I knew that the first time I saw you.
- George Washington Carver

Miracles happen all the time. We're here, aren't we?

There's more beauty on Earth than I can bear.

After you kind of find your footing, sonnets are what comes easiest.

How sweet it is to let God purge our souls of ego and bitterness, and to have a little taste of heaven here on earth.

Writing in form is a way of developing your thinking - your thinking along with the tradition. In a way, it's not you alone, it's you in partnership.

Back when I was in college, people used to talk about the alienation of the artist, not ever quite fitting in any place.

Many performance poets seem to believe that yelling a poem makes it comprehensible. They are wrong.