Maya Angelou Dies At 86

Caged_bird2Tributes are beginning to pour in for author Maya Angelou, who died at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina yesterday.

As NPR’s Lynn Neary recounts, “Angelou once said she believed that ‘life loves the liver of it’ and she did live it, to the fullest.”

USA Today lists 13 more of her “best quotes,” including, “Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.”

One Response to “Maya Angelou Dies At 86”

  1. Monica McAbee Says:

    My favorite is the very practical advice that “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”