Maya Angelou

All that's currently going on in my life right now is school and sleep and reading. Reading is by far the most interesting right now... I took out a few Maya Angelou books from the library this past week and have been reading non-stop! "Conversations with Maya Angelou" is a collection of interviews that I'm currently reading and although somewhat repetitive, it's extremely insightful into her work process and overall beliefs:

"I've always had the feeling that life loves the liver of it. You must live it and life will be good to you, give you experiences. They may not all be that pleasant, but nobody promised you a rose garden. But more likely if you do dare, what you get are the marvelous returns."

It's time to live life... live life with courage...

"Courage is probably the most important of the virtues, because without courage you cannot practice any of the other virtues, you can't say against a murderous society, I oppose you murdering. You got to have courage to do so. I seem to have known that a long time and found great joy in it."