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Maya Angelou quotes about hope

54 quotations, each verified against its source and credited to the work it comes from — the wording as Maya Angelou wrote or said it, not as the internet passes it around. Drawn from the 214 in the full collection. Page 3 of 3.

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings quotes

Champion of the world. A Black boy. Some Black mother's son. He was the strongest man in the world.
Angelou (narration) · Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), Chapter 19
She comprehended the perversity of life, that in the struggle lies the joy.
Angelou (narration) · Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), Chapter 34
Can't do is like Don't Care. Neither of them have a home.
Vivian Baxter (dialogue) · Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), Chapter 34
nothing beats a trial but a failure. Give it everything you've got.
Vivian Baxter (dialogue) · Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), Chapter 34

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