10 Powerful Maya Angelou Quotes about Love

Image Credit: Getty By Tailor September 1, 2022

“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”

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“If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.”

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“If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.”

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“The loss of young first love is so painful that it borders on the ludicrous.”

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“Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age.”

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“I know for sure that loves saves me and that it is here to save us all.”

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“The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.”

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“Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.”

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“If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.”

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“First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.”

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