Maya Angelou
Poet, Memoirist
"If you're for the right thing, you do it without thinking."
Caged Birds quotes
Caged Birds
5 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Maya Angelou
Poet, Memoirist
"At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice."
Maya Angelou
Poet, Memoirist
"The world had taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve."
Maya Angelou
Poet, Memoirist
"The needs of a society determine its ethics."
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