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Autobiography and memoir

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings · 1969

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Children Ignorance is bliss

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Autobiography and memoir

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1969

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Maya Angelou

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Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Random House, 1969.

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