I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Quotes

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Quotes by Maya Angelou, Paul Laurence Dunbar and many others.

Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the

Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity.
Maya Angelou
I know why the caged bird sings.
Maya Angelou
Children’s talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
Maya Angelou
Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the Principle of Reverse.
Maya Angelou
If you’re for the right thing, you do it without thinking.
Maya Angelou
I had read a Tale of Two Cities and found it up to my standards as a romantic novel. She opened the first page and I heard poetry for the first time in my life…her voice slid in and curved down trough and over the words. She was nearly singing.
Maya Angelou
The intensity with which young people live demands that they “blank out” as often as possible.
Maya Angelou
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
Maya Angelou
The world had taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve.
Maya Angelou
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
Maya Angelou
The needs of a society determine its ethics.
Maya Angelou
At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.
Maya Angelou
Ritie, don’t worry ’cause you ain’t pretty. Plenty pretty women I seen digging ditches or worse. You smart. I swear to God, I rather you have a good mind than a cute behind.
Maya Angelou
If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult.
Maya Angelou
But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core.
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.
Maya Angelou
My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.
Maya Angelou