[Librarians] study their field with as much determination and as much delight as open-heart surgeons.
Maya AngelouI'm grateful to be of use. I will not be misused or abused, but I will be of use to anybody.
Maya AngelouI encourage you to live with life. Be courageous, adventurous. Give us a tomorrow, more than we deserve.
Maya AngelouThe nice thing about HOPE is that you can give it to someone else, someone who needs it even more than you do, and you will find you have not given yours away at all.
Maya AngelouWhen asked how she knows when her writing is where she wants it to be: "I know when it's the best I can do. It may not be the best there is. Another writer may do it much better. But I know when it's the best I can do. I know that one of the great arts that the writer develops is the art of saying, 'No. No, I'm finished. Bye.' And leaving it alone. I will not write it into the ground. I will not write the life out of it. I won't do that."
Maya Angelou