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Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. - Maya Angelou (Conversations with Maya Angelou Quotes)

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

Source:A Conversation between Rosa Guy and Maya Angelou (1988), Conversations with Maya Angelou (1989), Page 220
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  • Profession: Poet, Activist
  • Born: April 4, 1928 - May 28, 2014
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