Maya Angelou ( AN-jə-loh; born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over...
If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
I am getting better at smiling when people expect it.
—Laurie Halse Anderson in Speak