"She comprehended the perversity of life, that..." - Quote by Maya Angelou

“In a magazine, one can get - from cover to cover - 15 to 20 different ideas about life and how to live it.”

“Living in a state of terror was new to many white people in America, but black people have been living in a state of terror in this country for more than 400 years.”

“I married a man once and we had been married over a year before I found he preferred potatoes. I said, "I didn't know you loved potatoes." And he said that until he was about 13, he thought rice was potato seeds.”

“It is with a kind of fear that I begin to write the history of my life.”

“Your attitude is like the minds paintbrush. It can paint everything in bright, vibrant colors-creating a masterspiece.”

“Mankind cannot get on without a certain amount of absurdity.”

“Fish," the old man said. "Fish, you are going to have to die anyway. Do you have to kill me too?”

“A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery.”

“Many great actions are committed in small struggles.”