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Quotes from Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas — Maya Angelou

1928–2014 United States

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A bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. No truth seems true. A simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. ... Each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent.

Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (1976)

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