To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experien…

Maya Angelou
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To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision. ✨ Maya Angelou (2009). I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, p.267, Random House
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To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision. ✨ Maya Angelou (2009). I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, p.267, Random House

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