To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfe…

Maya Angelou
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To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow. ✨ Maya Angelou (2012). The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou, p.49, Modern Library
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To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow. ✨ Maya Angelou (2012). The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou, p.49, Modern Library

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