Each of us has the right and the responsibility to assess the roads which lie ahead and . . . if the future road looms ominous or unpromising . . . then we need to gather our reslove and . . . step off . . . into another direction.
Source: In Famous Black Quotations, ed. Janet Cheatham Bell, 1995.
-- Maya Angelou, (Apr 4 1928-2014), US actress, author; She wrote autobiographical best-sellers including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1970.