When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself … - Maya Angelou

You do your best until you know better, then you do better.

To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision. Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity. It becomes easier to die and avoid conflict than to maintain a constant battle with the superior forces of maturity.

When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.