Famous quotes containing the words black women, black and/or women:
“Usually, when people talk about the strength of black women they are referring to the way in which they perceive black women coping with oppression. They ignore the reality that to be strong in the face of oppression is not the same as overcoming oppression, that endurance is not to be confused with transformation.”
—bell hooks (b. c. 1955)
“I wake and feel the fell of dark, not day.
What hours, O what black hours we have spent
This night!”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (18441889)
“Elyot: It doesnt suit women to be promiscuous.
Amanda: It doesnt suit men for women to be promiscuous.”
—Noël Coward (18991973)
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