Whining is not only graceless, but it can be dangerous. It can alert a brute that a victim is in the neighborhood.
Maya AngelouI don't know if I continue, even today, always liking myself. But what I learned to do many years ago was to forgive myself. It is very important for every human being to forgive herself or himself because if you live, you will make mistakes - it is inevitable. But once you do and you see the mistake, then you forgive yourself and say, 'Well, if I'd known better I'd have done better,' that's all.
Maya AngelouThis is what I am learning, at 82 years old: the main thing is to be in love with the search for truth.
Maya AngelouWe are not just flesh and blood. And our hungers are not going to be set aside as just flesh and blood.
Maya Angelou