I am interested in telling my particular truth as I have seen it.
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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Exhaust the little moment soon it dies.
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A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.
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With melted opals for my milk, Pearl-leaf for my cracker.
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She was learning to love moments. To love moments for themselves.
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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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I swear to keep the dead upon my mind, / Disdain for all time to be overglad.
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What, what am I to do with all of this life?
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Be yourself. Don’t imitate other poets. You are as important as they are.
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Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.
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Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words.
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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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I know that the Black emphasis must be not against white but FOR Black.
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Beware the easy griefs / that fool and fuel nothing.
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This is the urgency: Live! and have your blooming in the noise of the whirlwind.
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Already I am no longer looked at with lechery or love.
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