Life must be aromatic. There must be scent, somehow there must be some.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSThis is the urgency: Live! and have your blooming in the noise of the whirlwind.
More Gwendolyn Brooks Quotes
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I felt that I had to write. Even if I had never been published, I knew that I would go on writing, enjoying it and experiencing the challenge.
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And if sun comes how shall we greet him? shall we not dread him, shall we not fear him after so lengthy a session with shade?
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There can be no whiter whiteness than this one: An insurance man’s shirt on its morning run.
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Writing is a delicious agony.
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There are no magics or elves or timely godmothers to guide us. We are lost, must wizard a track through our own screaming weed.
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It is brave to be involved.
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I like the concentration, the crush; I like working with language, as others like working with clay, or notes.
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One reason cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.
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Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.
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Live not for Battles Won. Live not for The-End-of-the-Song. Live in the along.
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Art is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world.
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Reading is important – read between the lines. Don’t swallow everything.
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What, what am I to do with all of this life?
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The music is in minors.
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I believe we should all know each other, we human carriers of so many pleasurable differences. To not know is to doubt, to shrink from, sidestep or destroy.
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