We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSWe real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.
More Gwendolyn Brooks Quotes
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Do not be afraid of no, Who has so far, so very far to go.
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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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Each body has its art.
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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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Be yourself. Don’t imitate other poets. You are as important as they are.
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Sometimes you have to deal / Devilishly with drowning men in order to swim them to shore.
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The music is in minors.
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One reason cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.
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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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Writing is a delicious agony.
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Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.
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Exhaust the little moment soon it dies.
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Life must be aromatic. There must be scent, somehow there must be some.
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She was learning to love moments. To love moments for themselves.
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I am interested in telling my particular truth as I have seen it.
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