There is a kind of strength that is almost frightening in Black women. It's as if a steel rod runs right through the head down to the feet.
Maya AngelouMoney and power can liberate only if they are used to do so. They can imprison and inhibit more finally than barred windows and iron chains.
Maya AngelouI'm interested in women's health because I'm a woman. I'd be a darn fool not to be on my own side.
Maya AngelouWhen I love somebody, I like him to be around; I like him to take me out to dinner; I like to look at the sunset with him. But if not, I love him and I hope he's looking at the same sun I am. Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age. Some of this wisdom came to me after I was 50 or 60.
Maya Angelou