Do not be afraid of no, Who has so far, so very far to go.
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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Art is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world.
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She was learning to love moments. To love moments for themselves.
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With melted opals for my milk, Pearl-leaf for my cracker.
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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 hurts. Art urges voyages – and it is easier to stay at home.
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Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come again in this identical guise.
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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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I tell poets that when a line just floats into your head, don’t pay attention ’cause it probably has floated into somebody else’s head.
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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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I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker.
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I don’t like the idea of the black race being diluted out of existence. I like the idea of all of us being here.
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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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I think it must be lonely to be God. Nobody loves a master. No.
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Goodness begins simply with the fact of life itself.
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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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