Maya Angelou

I don’t know how much longer I’ll be around. I’ll probably be writing when the Lord says, ‘Maya, Maya Angelou, it’s time.’

Maya Angelou

I don’t think modesty is a very good virtue, if it is a virtue at all. A modest person will drop the modesty in a minute. It’s a learned affectation.

Maya Angelou

I don’t think there’s such a thing as autobiographical fiction. If I say it happened, it happened, even if only in my mind.

Maya Angelou

I don’t trust any revolution where love is not allowed.

Maya Angelou

I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.

Maya Angelou

I dreamt we walked together along the shore. We made satisfying small talk and laughed. This morning I found sand in my shoe and a seashell in my pocket. Was I only dreaming?

Maya Angelou

I encourage courtesy. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy.

Maya Angelou

I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God’s will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at commensurate speed.

Maya Angelou

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.

Maya Angelou

I found it hard to think of leaving my books. They had been my elevators out of the midden, and to whom could I entrust such close friends?

Maya Angelou