“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” — Maya Angelou · I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1969
“You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lies, you may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I'll rise.” — Maya Angelou · "Still I Rise," And Still I Rise, 1978
“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” — Maya Angelou