I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I... - Maya Angelou

"I speak to the Black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition--about what we can endure, dream, fail at and survive."

"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."

"If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded."

"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope."

"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty."