"I have made a pact with the night, I have felt it softly healing me” - Aimé Césaire

"You are Earthseed, One of many, One unique,, One small seed,, One great promise.

Tenacious of life, Shaper of God, Water, Fire, Sculptor, Clay, You are Earthseed! And your Destiny, The Destiny of Earthseed, Is to take root Among the stars." - Octavia Butler

"Women need to know that they can reject the powerful's definition of their reality, that they can do so even if they are poor, exploited, or trapped in oppressive circumstances. They need to know that the exercise of this basic personal power is an act of resistance and strength." - Bell Hooks

”Rooted and open, lost in the mountains and free, beneath the sea, in harmony and in errantry” - Édouard Glissant

"There is a land Whose being is almost unimaginable to the Human mind. On a clear day,

We stand there and look farther than the ordinary eye can see. Far above the roof of the world, We can encompass vistas of the worlds. There is a land Where the sun shines eternally . . . Eternally eternal: Out in outer space A living blazing fire, So vital and alive . . . There is no need to describe its splendor. - Sun Ra

"She is the smell of good mud and the back leg of the fox. The birds which tell us secretes belong to her. She is the voice that says, 'This way, this way" - Clarissa Pinkola Estés

“I have been woman for a long time beware my smile. I am treacherous with old magic.” - Audre Lorde