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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."— Maya Angelou
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Meaning of this quote
An unexpressed experience can create pressure to speak or write. The line values storytelling as a way to give inner life a shareable form.
Key takeaway:
Find an appropriate way to express a story that matters to you.
Origin of the quote
Closely resembles Zora Neale Hurston’s Dust Tracks on a Road (1942).
Who actually said this?
Likely misattributedAttribution research traces the earlier sentence to Hurston. The posted version substitutes greater agony than and is widely reassigned to Angelou.
