"Words are to be taken seriously. I try to take seriously acts of language. Words set things in..."

“Words are to be taken seriously. I try to take seriously acts of language. Words set things in motion. I’ve seen them doing it. Words set up atmospheres, electrical fields, charges. I’ve felt them doing it. Words conjure. I try not to be careless about what I utter, write, sing. I’m careful about what I give voice to.”

- Toni Cade Bambara (via ajna-aakhu)