I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
MAYA ANGELOUMaking a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
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No one can take the place of a friend, no one.
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I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.
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Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.
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Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.
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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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The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
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Success is loving life and daring to live it.
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To those who are given much, much is expected.
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My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
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We need much less than we think we need.
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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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I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
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When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to thank the universe.
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I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.
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I don’t trust people who don’t love themselves and tell me, I love you. There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.
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If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.
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I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
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Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.
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A woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek him just to find her.
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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 idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.
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Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.
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The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library.
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Most people don’t grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.
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I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
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