When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is b... - Maya Angelou

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

"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."

"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."

"I find relief from the questions only when I concede that I am not obliged to know everything. I remind myself it is sufficient to know what I know, and that what I know, may not always be true."

"I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use."