Sherri Elder

“Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

“Your memory is a monster; you forget—it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from you—and summons them to your recall with will of its own. You think you have a memory; but it has you!”
― John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany

“I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'.”
― Maya Angelou

“Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.”
― Maya Angelou