Maya Angelou

"The challenge for the writer is to say in a way never said before."

"I've decided that I won't run anymore. If love is looking for me, it can find me."

"The hardest thing about depression is that it is contagious."

"The needs of a society change."

"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again."

"I am convinced that war teaches poorly."

"There's a place in the mind that could be reached, a place of stillness."

"I think it is a great opportunity that we have."

"There is a garden in every childhood."

"It is true that we do not know what we might be able to do until we try."

"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels."

"We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails."

"The heart can think of relationships that the intellect has no language for."

"There's a library in every complaint."

"When we ask for love, we have to give it all we have."

"I'm not interested in time. Time is just something that fills space."

"Be sure you know the terrain."

"Grace is when God takes something that is not yours and makes it yours."

"The purpose of medicine is to heal."

"I do not like to be lectured."

"Seek the wisdom of the ages."

"Joy is a net of love by which you are caught."

"Take the moment and make it sweet."

"I've learned to stop explaining myself to people."