Quote by: Naomi Shihab Nye

A boy told me if he roller-skated fast enough his loneliness couldn't catch up to him, the best reason I ever heard for trying to be a champion. What I wonder tonight pedaling hard down King William Street is if it translates to bicycles. A victory! To leave your loneliness panting behind you on some street corner while you float free into a cloud of sudden azaleas, pink petals that have never felt loneliness, no matter how slowly they fell.


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Author Bio


  • NameNaomi Shihab Nye
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornMarch 12, 1952
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship