Black people comprehend the South. We understand its weight. It has rested on our backs... I knew that my heart would break if ever I put my foot down on that soil, moist, still, with old hurts. I had to face the fear/loathing at its source or it would consume me whole.
Maya AngelouI want to write so well that a person is 30 or 40 pages in a book of mine ... before she realizes she's reading.
Maya AngelouDr. [Martin Luther] King was a human being. He had a sense of humor which was wonderful.
Maya Angelou