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“I had read a Tale of Two Cities and found it up to my standards as a romantic novel. She opened the first page and I heard poetry for the first time in my life…her voice slid in and curved down trough and over the words. She was nearly singing.”



― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings



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“When members of a society wish to secure that society’s rich heritage they cherish their arts and respect their artists. The esteem with which we regard the multiple cultures offered in our country enhances our possibilities for healthy survival and continued social development.”



― Maya Angelou



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“The intensity with which young people live demands that they “blank out” as often as possible.”



― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings



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“For Africa to me… is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.”



― Maya Angelou



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“We are only as blind as we want to be.”



― Maya Angelou



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“It was awful to be Negro and have no control over my life. It was brutal to be young and already trained to sit quietly and listen to charges brought against my color with no chance of defense. We should all be dead. I thought I should like to see us all dead, one on top of the other. A pyramid of flesh with the whitefolks on the bottom, as the broad base, then the Indians with their silly tomahawks and teepees and wigwams and treaties, the Negroes with their mops and recipes and cotton sacks and spirituals sticking out of their mouths. The Dutch children should all stumble in their wooden shoes and break their necks. The French should choke to death on the Louisiana Purchase (1803) while silkworms ate all the Chinese with their stupid pigtails. As a species, we were an abomination. All of us.”



― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings



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“I make writing as much a part of my life as I do eating or listening to music.”



― Maya Angelou



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“It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning.”



― Maya Angelou



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“I couldn’t tell fact from fiction, Or if the dream was true My only sure prediction In this world was you. I’d touch your features inchly. Beard love and dared the cost, The sented spiel reeled me unreal And I found my senses lost.”



― Maya Angelou



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“To grow up is to stop putting blame on parents”



― Maya Angelou, Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female



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