1,440 Quotes by maya angelou

Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.

I asked, "Does she think she's liberated?" Bailey said, as if he had always known it, "Some folks say they want change. They just want exchange. They only want to have what the haves have, so they won't have it anymore....

Black folks can't change cause white folks won't change.

It’s the fire in my eyes, And the flash of my teeth, The swing in my waist, And the joy in my feet. I’m a woman Phenomenally.

Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.

My life has been one great big joke,A dance that's walked,A song that's spoke,I laugh so hard I almost choke,When I think about myself.

When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.

This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.