faith

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

“She's so beautiful, and so wonderful, and there just in front of her, and Beth can't have her.”
― Emma R. Alban, Don't Want You Like a Best Friend

“What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.”
― Maya Angelou, Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

“In Stamps the segregation was so complete that most Black children didn't really, absolutely know what whites looked like. Other than that they were different, to be dreaded, and in that dread was included the hostility of the powerless against the powerful, the poor against the rich, the worker against the worked for and the ragged against the well dressed.

I remember never believing that whites were really real.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings