"Perhaps when they bite the dust, I will hold onto this pair," she said.
From God's dust I came and to dust I will return, so the Earth shall become my throne".
Lest I give the impression I gleefully left him in my dust, I will concede the ground was a little too damp for that.
Thanks to that mountain, I will always remember that even when I feel like I am crumbling into a million specks of dust, I will make it to my peak, and I will feel whole, happy, and proud.
Because, in her words, "You may trod me in the very dirt, / But still like dust I'll rise".
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise".
Angelou's grandson, Elliott Jones, began Saturday's ceremony by reading one of her poems, Still I Rise: "You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise".
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise... Maya Angelou.
"You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lies, you may tread me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I'll rise".
Photo Credit: Lynn Savarese You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise... Maya Angelou What would happen if every country decriminalized prostitution?
Her poems were notable for their jazzy rhythms and themes of struggle and transcendence, as in "Still I Rise": "You may write me down in history/With your bitter, twisted lies,/You may trod me in the very dirt/But still, like dust, I'll rise".
