Maya Angelou

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I'm with you kid. Let's go."

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I'm with you kid. Let's go."

I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African read more

I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

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.

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.