More quotes by Maya Angelou

"I couldn't tell fact from fiction,Or if the dream was trueMy only sure predictionIn this world was you.I'd touch your features inchly. Beard love and dared the cost, The sented spiel reeled me unreal And I found my senses lost."
"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness."
"The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise."
"Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life."
"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style."