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for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Quotes (showing 1-9 of 9)

1
“one thing I don’t need
is any more apologies
i got sorry greetin me at my front door
you can keep yrs
i don’t know what to do wit em
they don’t open doors
or bring the sun back
they don’t make me happy
or get a mornin paper
didn’t nobody stop usin my tears to wash cars
cuz a sorry.”
― Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered
suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

2
“without any assistance or guidance from you
i have loved you assiduously for 8 months 2 wks & a day
i have been stood up four times
i've left 7 packages on yr doorstep
forty poems 2 plants & 3 handmade notecards i left
town so i cd send to you have been no help to me
on my job
you call at 3:00 in the mornin on weekdays
so i cd drive 27 1/2 miles cross the bay before i go to work
charmin charmin
but you are of no assistance
i want you to know
this waz an experiment
to see how selifsh i cd be
if i wd really carry on to snare a possible lover
if i waz capable of debasin my self for the love of another
if i cd stand not being wanted
when i wanted to be wanted
& i cannot
so
with no further assistance & no guidance from you
i am endin this affair
this note is attached to a plant
i've been waterin since the day i met you
you may water it
yr damn self”
― Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

3
“i usedta live in the world
really be in the world
free & sweet talkin
good mornin & thank-you & nice day
uh huh
i cant now
i cant be nice to nobody
nice is such a rip-off
regular beauty & a smile in the street
is just a set-up”
― Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

4
“somebody/ anybody
sing a black girl's song
bring her out
to know herself
to know you
but sing her rhythms
carin/ struggle/ hard times
sing her song of life
she's been dead so long
closed in silence so long
she doesn't know the sound
of her own voice
her infinite beauty
she's half-notes scattered
without rhythm/ no tune
sing her sighs
sing the song of her possibilities
sing a righteous gospel
let her be born
let her be born
& handled warmly.”
― Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

5
“Ever since I realized there waz someone callt/
a colored girl an evil woman a bitch or a nag/
i been tryin not to be that & leave bitterness/
in somebody else's cup...”
― Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf


6
“my spirit is too ancient to understand the separation of soul & gender”
― Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

7
“And this is for Colored girls who have considered suicide, but are moving to the ends of their own rainbows.”
― Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

8
“i am really colored & really sad sometimes & you hurt me
more than i ever danced outta/ i am ready to die like a lily in the
desert/ & i cdnt let you in on it cuz i didnt know/ here
is what i have/ poems/ big thighs/ lil tits/ &
so much love/ will you take it from me this one time/
please this is for you”
― Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf

9
“i loved you on purpose
i was open on purpose
i still crave vulnerability & close talk
& i'm not even sorry bout you bein sorry
you can carry all the guilt & grime ya wanna
just dont give it to me
i cant use another sorry
next time
you should admit
you're mean/ low-down/ triflin/ & no count straight out
steada bein sorry alla the time
enjoy bein yrself”
― Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf



（因为电影改编自戏剧 所以找了写原文的部分诗 贴出来）

我是看了”the hope “和”the color purple“两本书, 对这些colored women and girls的故事有了很多兴趣和感慨。电影可以给四星，给这些演员们精湛的演技，尤其是那大段的台词功力。但总感觉导演用力过猛，把它往舞台剧的方向导了，过犹不及是我对全片的感觉。

“for colored girls, who have considered suicide but are moving to the ends of their own rainbows" 影片最后用彩虹的色彩打出了这段文字，意在用片中8位黑人女性的浴火重生告诉我们 “阳光总在风雨后”吧。

之所以想写这个短评，是因为我在观影后接到了一个闺蜜的电话，话题不轻松，我们的心绪也更DOWN。 也许我们一直在执拗的遵循自己的价值观做事，想追求一种尽可能pure的状态。殊不知，跌跌撞撞的过程让自己身心俱疲不说，到头来，还成了世俗眼中的 “colored girl". 这就回到了我的心理医师说到的问题 “你面临的选择是继续走下去，还是寻求改变，避开这个坎？”。当然，心理医师只是一语中的的指出问题所在，不会给出答案，只有自己才是自己的上帝，如我这几日的座右铭“只有自己的双手才能撑起自己的腰杆”。 其实这样的谈话，在我们的inner circle里不知道进行了多少次，不是说此题无解，其实答案早在我们的心中。虽然闺蜜叫嚣着“当初遇人不淑，现在悔不当初，我要打破旧世界，建立新世界”，其实我笃定，明天的太阳照常升起的时候，她还是那个她。跌到不怕，爬起再跑呗，失去了自我才是最要我们命的事情。

所以啊，骂一骂，过过嘴瘾，好歹修补下心理的缺口。我们没有影片中那么悲怆的人生，但every girl deserves her own rainbow。 炼丹炉里走过一遭又一遭，风雨来了一波又一波，我就不信我们用青春耗不来彩虹。

与姐妹们共勉！

All girls around the world are psychologically similar regardless of their ages, races and colors. They are always striving for beauty, elegant life and dreams. But life is always that hard and gives you unwatned things. We should always remeber that Yourself is the most import person in the world. Always to be yourself. To read, to travel, to do whatever your like and finally you will grow into someone who cannot be hurt by any man, because you can live a better life on your own.

看这部电影的时候，我脑海里跑出了《真爱》，《紫色》，《撞车》。。。。很多的黑人电影。只是觉得这部更加细腻。似乎黑人的生活都是那么不幸，所以要一个释放的点，来让我们看得更清楚。其实每个人的生活都或多或少充满艰辛，与不公。就让我们对过去，对现在说声sorry，然后和你身边的人紧紧依偎在一起，迎接明天。这是部好电影。