Love costs all we are and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free. A Brave and Startling Truth. - Maya Angelou

"When you learn, teach," she said frequently. "When you get, give."

Each of us, famous or infamous, is a role model for somebody, and if we aren't, we should behave as though we are — cheerful, kind, loving, courteous. Because you can be sure someone is watching and taking deliberate and diligent notes.

Each time I write a book, every time I face that yellow pad, the challenge is so great. I have written eleven books, but each time I think, ‘Uh oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody and they’re going to find me out.