"Don't let the incidents which take place..." - Quote by Maya Angelou

“I answer the heroic question, 'Death, where is thy sting?' with 'It is in my heart and mind and memories.”

“Just as hope rings through laughter, it can also shine through tears.”

“Reality has changed chameleonlike before my eyes so many times that I have learned, or am learning, to trust almost anything except what appears to be so.”

“He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.”

“Though the road's been rocky it sure feels good to me.”

“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”

“It is worth remembering that the time of greatest gain in terms of wisdom and inner strength is often that of greatest difficulty.”

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

“The strawberry grows underneath the nettle And wholesome berries thrive and ripen best Neighbour'd by fruit of baser quality.”