Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
MAYA ANGELOUPoetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
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As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.
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It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable.
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Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.
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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?
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The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
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First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.
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Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.
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The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library.
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Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
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Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you’ve got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.
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The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don’t know my story.
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We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends and living our lives.
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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.
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