A ceramic teapot, small cup and paper boat on a saffron woven mat.

Original artwork, not a still

Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

Maya Angelou

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Travel may not cure prejudice, the speaker admits, but it can show that people everywhere cry, laugh, eat, worry and die. Seeing those shared basics might open the thought that understanding one another is possible, and that friendship could even follow.

Context reviewed

Share this quote