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Domestic violence is the front line of the war against women. — Pearl Cleage

Loneliness is random; solitude is ritual. — Pearl Cleage

Sometimes you have to show them what they want to see in order to get them to show you who they really are. — Pearl Cleage

When you're writing first person, all I can see and tell as the author is what that main character can see. — Pearl Cleage

Denzel Washington is a big Hollywood movie star now. But he started out as an actor in the Negro Ensemble company. — Pearl Cleage

Putting words on paper regularly is part of the necessary discipline of writing. A journal is a great way to do that. — Pearl Cleage

I worked in Maynard Jackson's first campaign, and I remember the excitement we felt when he won. — Pearl Cleage

I really love writing comedy. Writing romantic comedy is even nicer because you get to write about how insane we all act when we're falling in love. — Pearl Cleage

What looks like crazy on an ordinary day, looks a lot like love when you catch it in the moonlight. — Pearl Cleage

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

When Blue sang, a lyric became a libation; a song became a sacrament. — Pearl Cleage

Sisterhood is a funny thing. It's easy to recognize, but hard to define. — Pearl Cleage

Discomfort is always a necessary part of enlightenment. — Pearl Cleage

When you're young, there's a whole lot of stuff you say you'll never do. Once you get a little older, the list tends to get shorter. — Pearl Cleage

...freedom can be a full-time job if you let it. — Pearl Cleage

I didn't have a dream of being a press secretary, I had a dream of being a playwright; I had a dream of being a novelist and a poet. — Pearl Cleage

The problem with knowing is that it takes away the possibility of pretending! — Pearl Cleage

No woman can love a weak man hard enough to make him strong. — Pearl Cleage

But it is the fear, not the writing that defeats me. Everything is not a masterpiece. — Pearl Cleage

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

I was raised in a very activist household so that I grew up surrounded by people who were activists. — Pearl Cleage

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

Feminism is to sexism what black nationalism is to racism; the most rational response to the problem. — Pearl Cleage

I've always loved the '40s romantic comedies and the idea of those mistaken identities and lovers' misunderstandings. — Pearl Cleage

I truly love the rehearsal process, those eight hours a day! I really love actors. — Pearl Cleage

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

A lot of brothers don't understand. When it comes to making love, reciprocity is everything. — Pearl Cleage

Old habits are hard to break, but not impossible! — Pearl Cleage

Defiance means you got somebody with power over you. — Pearl Cleage

You can't know the meaning of the lesson until class is over! — Pearl Cleage

If I had to name one book that has had the most lasting influence on my work, I would pick 'The Big Sea' by Langston Hughes. — Pearl Cleage

Vera Stark is a fabulous force of nature. — Pearl Cleage

That's why I love being a writer. My imagination can take me places I may never see except in my mind's eye. — Pearl Cleage

Both men knew the only thing more valuable than a favor well done was a secret well kept. This had the potential to be both. — Pearl Cleage