The Heart of a Woman :: Maya Angelou
"I would never again work to make people smile inanely and would take on the responsibility of making them think." (p. 50)
"Guy and I travelled to San Francisco. I needed to see my mother. I needed to be told just one more time that life was what you make it, and that every tub ought to sit on its own bottom. I had to hear her say, 'They spell my name W-O-M-A-N, 'cause the difference between a female and a woman is the difference between shit and shinola.'" (p. 249)
