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Maya Angelou quote resonates as ancestral wisdom online

Original: The words and wisdom of my ancestors are my security blanket. “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented

A widely shared post quotes Maya Angelou's reflection on finding comfort in literature: 'You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.' The writer credits Dostoevsky and Dickens with showing that personal torment is part of a shared human experience, describing ancestral words and wisdom as a source of security in difficult times.

Why now: Readers find comfort and resonance in Angelou's message about shared suffering and the consolations of reading.

Maya AngelouFyodor DostoevskyCharles Dickens

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• The words and wisdom of my ancestors are my security blanket. “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that… · Koritsi@blacktwitter.io · 8

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