I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Quotes

“Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

“My name had lost its ring of familiarity and I had to be nudged to go and receive my diploma.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

“I don't think she ever knew that a deep-brooding love hung over everything she touched.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

“Because of a need for stability, children easily become creatures of habit.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

“Now they seemed not ready to give up the old school, the familiar paths and classrooms.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

“after all, girls have to giggle, and after being a woman for theee years I was about to become a girl.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

“Life had a conveyor-belt quality. It went on unpursued and unpursuing”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

“My entire stay there might have been time lost if it hadn't been for the unique personality of a brilliant teacher. Miss Kirwin was that rare educator who was in love with information. I will always believe that her love of teaching came not so much from her liking for students but her desire to make sure that some of the things she knew would find repositories so that they could be shared again.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

“Turning off or tuning out people was my highly developed art. The custom of letting obedient children be seen but not heard was so agreeable to me that I went one step further: Obedient children should not see or hear if they chose not to do so.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

“Me resulta interesante que la vida más miserable, la existencia más pobre, se atribuya a la voluntad divina, pero, a medida que los seres humanos se encuentran más acomodados, a medida que su nivel y estilo de vida empiezan a ascender por la escala material, Dios desciende por la de la responsabilidad con la misma rapidez”.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

“But they talked, and from the side of the building where I waited for the ground to open up and swallow me, I heard the soft-voiced Mrs. Flowers and the textured voice of my grandmother merging and melting.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

“I was no longer simply a member of the proud graduating class of 1940; I was a proud member of the wonderful, beautiful Negro race.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

“Matura, taj čarobni trenutak s finom odjećom, darovima, čestitkama, svjedodžbama, za mene je završio i prije no što su me prozvali. Moja postignuća nisu značila ništa. Detaljne karte, iscrtane tintom u tri boje, učenje i slovkanje riječi od deset slogova, učenje napamet čitavog komada Silovanje Lukrecije – sve to nije značilo ništa. Donleavy nas je razotkrio.

Mi smo bili sluškinje i poljoprivrednici, zanatlije i pralje, i bilo je apsurdno i drsko težiti tomu da postanemo nešto više.

U tom sam trenutku poželjela da su Gabriel Prosser i Nat Turner ubili sve bijelce na spavanju, a da su Abrahama Lincolna ubili prije potpisivanja Proglasa o emancipaciji, da je Harriet Tubman ubio onaj udarac u glavu, a Kolumbo da se utopio u Santa Mariji.

Bilo je grozno biti crn i nemati kontrolu nad svojim životom. Bilo je okrutno biti mlad i već izvježban da mirno sjediš i slušaš na račun boje svoje kože, bez mogućnosti da se braniš.
Svi bismo trebali biti mrtvi. Pomislila sam kako bih nas sve željela vidjeti mrtve, poslagane jedne na druge. Piramida od mesa s bijelcima na dnu, kao bazom, zatim Indijanci sa svojim glupim sjekirama, šatorima i paktovima, crnci sa svojim krpama, receptima i vrećama za pamuk i duhovnim pjesmama na usnama. Nizozemska djeca bi se trebala spotaknuti u svojim klompama i slomiti vrat. Francuzi bi se trebali ugušiti novcem od prodaje Louisiane (1803.), a dudovi svilci pojesti sve Kineze s njihovim glupim pletenicama. Kao vrsta, bili smo odvratni. Svi mi.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

“Can’t do is like Don’t Care. Neither of them have a home.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

“I'll accept no excuse if you return a book to me that has been badly handled." My imagination boggled at the punishment I would deserve if in fact I did abuse a book of Mrs Flowers'. Death would be too kind and brief.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

“Me resulta interesante que la vida más miserable, la existencia más pobre, se atribuya a la voluntad divina, pero, a medida que los seres humanos se encuentran más acomodados, a medida que su nivel y estilo de vida empiezan a ascender por la escala material, Dios desciende por la de la responsabilidad con la misma rapidez”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

“Ma quali sono quella madre e quella figlia che si capiscono, o quanto meno guardano con indulgenza la mancanza di comprensione reciproca?”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings