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GWENDOLYN BROOKSI think there are things for all of us to do as long as we’re here and we’re healthy.
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I think there are things for all of us to do as long as we’re here and we’re healthy.
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Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.
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Goodness begins simply with the fact of life itself.
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One reason cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.
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Do not desire to fit in. Desire to oblige yourselves to lead.
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Do not be afraid of no, Who has so far, so very far to go.
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Even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night.
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We are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond.
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Writing is a delicious agony.
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We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.
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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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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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Exhaust the little moment soon it dies.
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What, what am I to do with all of this life?
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