Carolina QuotesI want to write so that the reader in Des Moines, Iowa, in Kowloon, China, in Cape Town, South Africa, can say, "You know, that's the truth. I wasn't there, and wasn't a six-foot black girl, but that's the truth."
Maya Angelou Connected to the Carolinas
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quoted in Every Day a Word Surprises Me & Other Quotes by Writers by Phaidon (2018) with citation
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- 2018
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“I want to write so that the reader in Des Moines, Iowa, in K…” Maya Angelou. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-02C7DCA688. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/02c7dca688
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