Maya Angelou ( 10 of 63 )
The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and read more
The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
If men are God's gift to women, then God must really love gag gifts
If men are God's gift to women, then God must really love gag gifts
The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust read more
The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed.
I don't believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality read more
I don't believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at.
Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, "I'm going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no read more
Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, "I'm going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that's tough. I am going to snow anyway."
I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.
I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.
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 you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, read more
If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning "Good morning" at total strangers.
Language. I loved it. And for a long time I would think of myself, of my whole body, as an read more
Language. I loved it. And for a long time I would think of myself, of my whole body, as an ear.
Nothing will work unless you do.
Nothing will work unless you do.
