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Quote by Maya Angelou

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”

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Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou was an American author, poet, playwright, actress, and lecturer, known for her profound exploration of race, gender, and culture in her work. Her autobiographical works, including 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' which detailed her early life of poverty and sexual exploitation, have gained widespread acclaim. more

“I don't want you to get the idea she was a goddamn icicle or something, just because we never necked or horsed around much. She wasn't. I held hands with her all the time, for instance. That doesn't sound like much, I realize, but she was terrific to hold hands with. Most girls if you hold hands with them, their goddamn hand dies on you, or else they think they have to keep moving their hand all the time, as if they were afraid they'd bore you or something. Jane was different. [...] You never even worried with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were.”

Romance Affection Gentleness Holding Hands P 79

Book:THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

Source: THE CATCHER IN THE RYE

“A habit is something more mysterious and confounding than affection. Affection is a conscious thing, but habits are subconscious. I thought at the time that perhaps what’s real is dominated by the subconscious.”

Habit Conscious Affection Subconscious

Book:No One Writes Back

Source: No One Writes Back

“Taking care of you is giving me purpose.”

Affection

Book:The Forgotten

Source: The Forgotten