3 Quotes & Sayings By Mary Beth Miller

Mary Beth Miller is the author of The Poet, a book about Mary Beth Miller's relationship with poet Maya Angelou. The Poet was described as "a love story within the love story" by "People" Magazine. It was named one of Time Magazine's Books of the Year, along with Angelou's "Gather Together in My Name." More than 100,000 copies have been sold.

I could smack her, punch her in the face, but...
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I could smack her, punch her in the face, but then I see what she can't hide from me. I've seen it before-the desperation, the agony, the need to find a reason to go on, and the inability to find it. Mary Beth Miller
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Why do people kill themselves? I think they do it when they can no longer find a reason to keep going. When nothing in heir lives is good enough to balance out the bad. And they do it when they no longer have the courage to carry on past some recent painful experience. They commit what is, in the end, a desperate, final call for help, that is hopefully heard in time by someone else. And what if it's not heard in time? I ask although I know the answer. Then they die. Mary Beth Miller