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We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life.
Maya Angelou
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Maya Angelou
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: April 4
Died: 2014
Died: May 28
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We need Joy as we need air. We need Love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share.
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I don't think there's such a thing as autobiographical fiction. If I say it happened, it happened, even if only in my mind.
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People trying to separate people rather than bring us together... please. You don't just see it in America. It's all over the world.
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Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.
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Education is a process that goes on 'til death. The moment you see someone who knows she has found the one true way, and can call all the others false, then you know you're in the company of an ignoramus.
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