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Mrs. Bertha Flowers quotes

A character in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

3 quotes spoken by or about Mrs. Bertha Flowers, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book.

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Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning.
Mrs. Bertha Flowers (dialogue) · Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), Chapter 15
But bear in mind, language is man's way of communicating with his fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals.
Mrs. Bertha Flowers (dialogue) · Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), Chapter 15
She said that I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
Mrs. Bertha Flowers (paraphrased by Angelou) · Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), Chapter 15

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