My life has been long, and believing that life loves the liver of it, I have dared to try many things, sometimes trembling, but daring still.
Maya AngelouThe love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.
Maya AngelouI have forgiven myself; I'll make a change. Once that forgiveness has taken place you can console yourself with the knowledge that a diamond is the result of extreme pressure. Less pressure is crystal, less than that is coal, less than that is fossilized leaves or plain dirt. Pressure can change you into something quite precious, quite wonderful, quote beautiful and extremely hard.
Maya Angelou