Maya Angelou quotes about identity
61 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.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings quotes
I was no longer simply a member of the proud graduating class of 1940; I was a proud member of the wonderful, beautiful Negro race.
Champion of the world. A Black boy. Some Black mother's son. He was the strongest man in the world.
She said that I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
Like most children, I thought if I could face the worst danger voluntarily, and triumph, I would forever have power over it.
If you ask a Negro where he's been, he'll tell you where he's going.
Knowing Momma, I knew that I never knew Momma.
I swear to God, I rather you have a good mind than a cute behind.
Without willing it, I had gone from being ignorant of being ignorant to being aware of being aware.
I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
At eleven years old, death is more unreal than frightening.
Every person I knew had a hellish horror of being “called out of his name.”
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- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings quotes · 41 lines (1969)
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