“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”
— Maya Angelou
Interview, 1980s
Angelou spent much of her early life feeling she didn't belong. This quote is the hard-won truth she arrived at: your worth is not up for debate, and you don't need to perform to earn your place in the world.
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