though i do wonder why you intrigue me I recognize that an exceptional moth is always drawn to an exceptional flame you’re not at all what you appear to be though not so very different I’ve not learned the acceptable way of saying you fascinate me I’ve not even learned how to say I like you without frightening people away sometimes I see things that aren’t really there like warmth and kindness when people are mean but sometimes I see things like fear and want to soothe it or fatigue and want to share it or love and want to receive it ~ Nikki Giovanni

most habits occur because of laziness we overdrink because our friends do we overeat because our parents think we need more flesh on the bones and perhaps my worst habit is overloving and like most who live to excess i will be broken in two by my unwillingness to control my feelings ~ Nikki Giovanni