“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
Source: Letter to My Daughter
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Maya Angelou 247
American author and poet 1928–2014Related quotes
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“Pain is an event. It happens to you, and you deal with it in whatever way you can.”
Source: The Gun Seller
Source: End Zone (1972), Ch. 16
Context: Of course the humanistic mind crumbles at the whole idea. It's the most hideous thing in the world to these people that such ideas even have to be mentioned. But the thing won't go away. The thing is here and you have to face it. The prospect of a humane war may be hideous and all the other names you can think of, but it's still a prospect. And as an alternative to all the other things that could happen in the event of war, it's relatively acceptable.
