Maya Angelou
I was raped when I was very young. I told my brother the name of the person who had done it. Within a few days the man was killed. In my child’s mind – seven and a half years old – I thought my voice had killed him. So I stopped talking for five years.
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I was raped when I was very young. I told my brother the name of the person who had done it. Within a few days the man was killed. In my child’s mind – seven and a half years old – I thought my voice had killed him. So I stopped talking for five years. - Maya Angelou quote

I was raped when I was very young. I told my brother the name of the person who had done it. Within a few days the man was killed. In my child’s mind – seven and a half years old – I thought my voice had killed him. So I stopped talking for five years.

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Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

American poet and author

April 4th, 1928 - May 28th, 2014