Even the Stars Look Lonesome QUOTES

1 " If it is true that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, isn't it also true a society is only as healthy as its sickest citizen and only as wealthy as its most deprived? "

― Maya Angelou , Even the Stars Look Lonesome

3 " Many believe that they need company at any cost, and certainly if a thing is desired at any cost, it will be obtained at all costs. We need to remember and to teach our children that solitude can be a much-to-be-desired condition. Not only is it acceptable to be alone, at times it is positively to be wished for. It is in the interludes between being in company that we talk to ourselves. In the silence we listen to ourselves. Then we ask questions of ourselves. We describe ourselves, and in the quietude we may even hear the voice of God "

― Maya Angelou , Even the Stars Look Lonesome

5 " The trouble for the thief is not how to steal the chief's bugle, but where to blow it, "

― Maya Angelou , Even the Stars Look Lonesome

7 " Danger in Denial

How have we come so quickly to forget the lessons we were forced to learn together. Why have we subjugated our memory in the vain hope that we will be able to live above and beyond history? When will we cease presiding over the mutilation of memory? I prefer the remembrance, the painful bitter recall. I know that I need a brother who shares this tender, taunting heritage. True friendship. I desire a sister who is not in denial of our mutual past. Together we may be able to plan a less painful future. Separate, we can only anticipate further ruptures and grotesque loneliness. "

― Maya Angelou , Even the Stars Look Lonesome