Quote by Maya Angelou
I don't believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or broth

I don’t believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at. – Maya Angelou

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The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance. – Maya Angelou

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Theres a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth. – Maya Angelou

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Ive learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou

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Sisters don’t need words. They have perfected a language of snarls and smiles and frowns and winks — expressions of shocked surprise and incredulity and disbelief. Sniffs and snorts and gasps and sighs — that can undermine any tale you’re telling. – Pam Brown

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In thee my soul shall own combined the sister and the friend. – Catherine Killigrew

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Sisters share the scent and smells — the feel of a common childhood. – Pam Brown

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The mildest, drowsiest sister has been known to turn tiger if her sibling is in trouble. – Clara Ortega

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