Monday, June 29, 2009

thought for today

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

- Maya Angelou,
from her inaugural poem, "On the Pulse of Morning" (January 20, 1993)

1 comment:

Марко Фризия said...

After an eight-year literacy lag wasn't it nice to have a poet at the 2009 presidental inaugural again?