A- Z Blogging Challenge-- "A"

 

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As a very young girl I lived with my paternal grandmother for three formative years. Being an enthusiastic teacher and lover of words, she invariably had quotations written all over the house... literally. On the backs of cupboard doors, on calendars, napkins or wherever she happened to be.  With this in mind I am finding the authors, in alphabetical sequence, of many of her favorite quotations and am adding some of those that are special to my family as well.  Hope you enjoy!

                 A                                   Maya Angelou

Writer, dancer, African-American activist. Born Marguerite Johnson on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis,

 Missouri.  Despite a tragic event that  caused the young girl to go mute for nearly six years, she spent  her teens and early twenties as a dancer, filled with isolation and experimentation.
In the 1960's, she joined the Harlem Writers Guild and became involved in black activism.She then spent several years in Ghana where she began to take her life, her activism and writing more seriously.

 

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.