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Maya Angelou on Anniversary

1928–2014 United States

← All quotes by Maya Angelou

7 quotes

If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.

A Brave and Startling Truth (1995)

Petulant priests, greedy
centurions, and one million
incensed gestures stand
between your love and me.

I Shall Not Be Moved (1990)

Love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free.
A Brave and Startling Truth.

A Brave and Startling Truth (1995)

I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me "I love you." … There is an African saying which is: "Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt."

We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.

A Brave and Startling Truth (1995)

I have need of a friend. There is one and only one
who will give the air
from his failing lungs
for my body's mend. And that one is my love.

I Shall Not Be Moved (1990)

Love recognizes no barriers.

Love's Exquisite Freedom (2011)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Maya Angelou (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.