# Quote — Maya Angelou, I Shall Not Be Moved

> Visit us again, Savior.Your children, burdened with
>
> disbelief, blinded by a patina
>
> of wisdom,
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> carom down this vale of
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> fear. We cry for you
>
> although we have lost
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> your name.

- Author: [Maya Angelou](https://www.leafyquotes.com/maya-angelou.md)
- Book: [I Shall Not Be Moved](https://www.leafyquotes.com/maya-angelou/i-shall-not-be-moved.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou#I_Shall_Not_Be_Moved_(1990)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/maya-angelou/i-shall-not-be-moved/visit-us-again

## More from this book

> I have need of a friend.There is one and only one
>
> who will give the air
>
> from his failing lungs
>
> for my body's mend.And that one is my love.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/maya-angelou/i-shall-not-be-moved/i-have-need.md)

> Petulant priests, greedy
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> centurions, and one million
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> incensed gestures stand
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> between your love and me.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/maya-angelou/i-shall-not-be-moved/petulant-priests-greedy.md)

> We grow despite the
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> horror that we feed
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> upon our own
>
> tomorrow.
>
> We grow.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/maya-angelou/i-shall-not-be-moved/we-grow-despite.md)