Maya Angelou Quotes About Romance

• Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.

  Maya Angelou

  Love, Life, Passion

  Maya Angelou (2012). “The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou”, p.797, Modern Library

• Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening.

  Maya Angelou

  Jealousy, Envy, Romance

  Maya Angelou (2011). “Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now”, p.60, Bantam

• By love I don't mean indulgence. I do not mean sentimentality. And in this instance, I don't even mean romance. I mean that condition that allowed humans to dream of God.That condition that allowed the "dumb" to write spirituals and Russian songs and Irish lilts. That is love, and it's so much larger than anything I can conceive.

  Maya Angelou

  Dream, Song, Writing

  Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com. December 2000.

• It's very hard for adults to maintain respect and romance so that a love affair can be sustained over years.

  Maya Angelou

  Years, Romance, Adults

  "America's Renaissance Woman". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 22, 1997.

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