Nikki Giovanni Quotes

Love is not just about love for your girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, or wife. Love, for me, is the love for my work, family, and even friends. The emotion is very strong. It comes with a lot of responsibilities.

You can't go wrong with love.

When you love someone, you care about them. If they have a disaster, you don't abandon them.

The only time a relationship is good is when you really love them.

I want someone who is my partner in life. Who supports me, and I support her. I can share all my experiences in life with her, and she can share hers back with me. Not only do we love each other, but we accept, embrace, nurture, and care for each other.

The truth is many people see a marriage vow as the only way people are going to stay with someone who is sick.

I love my girlfriend to bits. I'd never do anything to hurt her.

Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.

I just want to love and be loved.

To love is to act.

You don't only worry about the people who hate or resent you; in a way, you're more worried about the people who love you.

Up to a certain point it is good for us to know that there are people in the world who will give us love and unquestioned loyalty to the limit of their ability. I doubt, however, if it is good for us to feel assured of this without the accompanying obligation of having to justify this devotion by our behavior.

Love should be an inspiration, not an obligation.

Marriage is not just about love. It is more than that. It is about commitment, giving, taking, and understanding.

Love isn't just a feeling: it's an action.

When you really love someone, you try to tell the truth.

I was in love with my wife and she was in love with me. We got along wonderfully.

Every day there is a compromise. Living with somebody requires a lot of understanding. But I love being married. I really love it.

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Love alone could waken love.

Fidelity is a gift not a requirement.

The family is the school of duties - founded on love.

Love is the emotion that a woman feels always for a poodle dog and sometimes for a man.

For me, 'Lamb' started out as a further exploration of the phenomenon of faith and the responsibility of a messiah that I touched on in 'Coyote Blue' and 'Island of the Sequined Love Nun,' but it ended up being an exploration of the true meaning of sacrifice, loyalty, and friendship.