The dread of futility has been my life-long plague. ✨ Maya Angelou (20…

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The dread of futility has been my life-long plague. ✨ Maya Angelou (2012). The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou, p.190, Modern Library
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The dread of futility has been my life-long plague. ✨ Maya Angelou (2012). The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou, p.190, Modern Library

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