Maya Angelou

I’ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a read more

I’ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.

The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even read more

The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not ent

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.

I do not believe that the accident of birth makes people sisters and brothers. It makes them siblings. Gives them read more

I do not believe that the accident of birth makes people sisters and brothers. It makes them siblings. Gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood are conditions people have to work at. It's a serious matter. You compromise, you give, you take, you stand firm, and you're relentless...And it is an investment. Sisterhood means if you happen to be in Burma and I happen to be in San Diego and I'm married to someone who is very jealous and you're married to somebody who is very possessive, if you call me in the middle of the night, I have to come.

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've read more

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.