Life for my child is simple, and is good.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSEven if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night.
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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Art hurts. Art urges voyages – and it is easier to stay at home.
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I think it must be lonely to be God. Nobody loves a master. No.
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Reading is important – read between the lines. Don’t swallow everything.
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Writing is a delicious agony.
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She was learning to love moments. To love moments for themselves.
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We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.
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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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Abortions will not let you forget. You remember the children you got that you did not get.
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It is brave to be involved.
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No man can give me any word but Wait.
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Do not be afraid of no, Who has so far, so very far to go.
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I know that the Black emphasis must be not against white but FOR Black.
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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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Live not for Battles Won. Live not for The-End-of-the-Song. Live in the along.
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