I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Quotes

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Quotes by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Maya Angelou and many others.

But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core.

But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core.
Paul Laurence Dunbar
She comprehended the perversity of life, that in the struggle lies the joy.
Maya Angelou
The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom.
Maya Angelou
I know why the caged bird sings.
Maya Angelou
In Stamps the segregation was so complete that most Black children didn’t really, absolutely know what whites looked like.
Maya Angelou
My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
Maya Angelou
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
Maya Angelou
Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity.
Maya Angelou
My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.
Maya Angelou
The needs of a society determine its ethics.
Maya Angelou
Ritie, don’t worry ’cause you ain’t pretty. Plenty pretty women I seen digging ditches or worse. You smart. I swear to God, I rather you have a good mind than a cute behind.
Maya Angelou
Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the Principle of Reverse.
Maya Angelou
Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity o

Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
Maya Angelou
I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,- When he beats his bars and would be free; It is not a carol of joy or glee, But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core, But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings- I know why the caged bird sings!
Paul Laurence Dunbar