There are no magics or elves or timely godmothers to guide us. We are lost, must wizard a track through our own screaming weed.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSPeople are so in need, in need of help. People want so much that they do not know.
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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There can be no whiter whiteness than this one: An insurance man’s shirt on its morning run.
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Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.
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To be in love Is to touch things with a lighter hand. In yourself you stretch, you are well.
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I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker.
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It is brave to be involved.
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The poetry is myself.
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When you love a man, he becomes more than a body. His physical limbs expand, and his outline recedes, vanishes. He is rich and sweet and right. He is part of the world, the atmosphere, the blue sky and the blue water.
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Art hurts. Art urges voyages – and it is easier to stay at home.
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It frightens me to realize that, if I had died before the age of fifty, I would have died a ‘Negro’ fraction.
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Don’t let anyone call you a minority if you’re black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You’re not less than anybody else.
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The music is in minors.
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It is brave to be involved. To be not fearful to be unresolved.
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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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People are so in need, in need of help. People want so much that they do not know.
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