Quotes from book
I Shall Not Be Moved

I Shall Not Be Moved is author and poet Maya Angelou's fifth collection of poetry, published by Random House in 1990. Angelou had written four autobiographies and published four other volumes of poetry up to that point. Angelou considered herself a poet and a playwright and her poetry has also been successful, but she is best known for her seven autobiographies, especially her first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. She began, early in her writing career, of alternating the publication of an autobiography and a volume of poetry. Most critics agree that Angelou's poems are more interesting when she recites them.

“I'm young as morning
and fresh as dew.
Everybody loves me
and so do you.”
Source: I Shall Not Be Moved

“We grow despite the
horror that we feed
upon our own
tomorrow.
We grow.”
"Glory Falls"
I Shall Not Be Moved (1990)