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“The dread of futility has been my life-long plague.”
Источник: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“We are missing Michael.
But we do know we had him, and we are the world.”
We Had Him (2009)
Источник: Letter to My Daughter
We Had Him (2009)
Источник: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Контексте: Though we are many, each of us is achingly alone, piercingly alone.
Only when we confess our confusion can we remember that he was a gift to us and we did have him.
He came to us from the creator, trailing creativity in abundance.
Despite the anguish, his life was sheathed in mother love, family love, and survived and did more than that.
He thrived with passion and compassion, humor and style. We had him whether we know who he was or did not know, he was ours and we were his.
“I did then what I knew best, when I knew better, I did better. Maya Angelo”
Вариант: I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
"Glory Falls"
I Shall Not Be Moved (1990)
Источник: Letter to My Daughter
“We grow despite the
horror that we feed
upon our own
tomorrow.
We grow.”
"Glory Falls"
I Shall Not Be Moved (1990)
Paris Review Interview (1990)
As quoted in Goal Mapping : How to Turn Your Dreams into Realities (2006) by Brian Mayne, p. 84
“The needs of a society determine its ethics.”
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969); often misquoted as "The needs of society determine its ethics", and with less context than the full statement: "The needs of a society determine its ethics, and in the Black American ghettos the hero is that man who is offered only the crumbs from his country's table but by ingenuity and courage is able to take for himself a Lucullan feast." The title of Angelou's book comes from the poem "Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
“It is possible and imperative that we discover
A brave and startling truth.”
A Brave and Startling Truth (1995)
As quoted by Oprah Winfrey.
Oprah Winfrey's paraphrase:
When people show you who they are, believe them.
Источник: [When people show you who they are, believe them, http://www.oprah.com/oprahs-lifeclass/when-people-show-you-who-they-are-believe-them-video, 2016-01-19, Oprah's Lifeclass, Oprah, Winfrey, Oprah Winfrey Network, 2011-10-26, 1, 13, 90, en-us, Oprah Winfrey]
Источник: [Book club finale, http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/One-of-Dr-Maya-Angelous-Most-Important-Lessons_1, 2016-01-19, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah, Winfrey, 1997-06-18, 45, en-us, Oprah Winfrey]
“If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.”
A Brave and Startling Truth (1995)