I'm just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression. Maya Angelou cookexpressionfood Change image and share on social
We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike. Maya Angelou alikebeinghuman Change image and share on social
The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are. Maya Angelou historyliberate Change image and share on social
Most people don't grow up. It's too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older. That's the truth of it. They honor their credit cards, they find parking spaces, they marry, they have the nerve to have children, but they don't grow up. Maya Angelou cardchildcredit share on social
It's still scary every time I go back to the past. Each morning, my heart catches. When I get there, I remember how the light was, where the draft was coming from, what odors were in the air. When I write, I get all the weeping out. Maya Angelou airbackcatch share on social
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning. Maya Angelou deephumaninfuse Change image and share on social
I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. Maya Angelou findhomehuman Change image and share on social
I know some people might think it odd - unworthy even - for me to have written a cookbook, but I make no apologies. The U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins thought I had demeaned myself by writing poetry for Hallmark Cards, but I am the people's poet so I write for the people. Maya Angelou apologybillycard share on social
During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must not allow anything to reduce that. We are obliged to know we are global citizens. Disasters remind us we are world citizens, whether we like it or not. Maya Angelou badcircumstancecitizen share on social
I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition. Maya Angelou blackconditionexperience Change image and share on social
