Yesterday the world lost one of its most beautiful literary
voices – Maya Angelou. Her writings had a way of bringing people together, of
bringing understanding to all who read her words. My life was very different
from hers, but through her writings I felt like I could understand what it felt
like to have lived in her world.
My paltry words could never do her justice, so instead I
will share some of her words.
“All great artists draw from the same resource: the human
heart, which tells us that we are all more alike than we are unalike.”
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit
the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps
fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”
“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating
that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea
that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.”
Photo via MayaAngelou.com
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