More from Maya Angelou

  1. Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told, 'I am with you kid. Let's go.'
  2. Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it allows me to survive, and better than that, to thrive with passion, compassi…
  3. Laugh as much as you can.
  4. Lyrical poetry is out for the time being, and something that is called rap or hip-hop is in. It is still poetry, and we can't live without …
  5. Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstan…
  6. Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.
  7. I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
  8. Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.

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