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 BROOKSThe music is in minors.
More Gwendolyn Brooks Quotes
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Sometimes you have to deal / Devilishly with drowning men in order to swim them to shore.
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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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One reason cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.
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Life for my child is simple, and is good.
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Do not be afraid of no, Who has so far, so very far to go.
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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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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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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 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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Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.
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I swear to keep the dead upon my mind, / Disdain for all time to be overglad.
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I believe we should all know each other, we human carriers of so many pleasurable differences. To not know is to doubt, to shrink from, sidestep or destroy.
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When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you’re telling them that they’re less than somebody else.
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