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I like the concentration, the crush; I like working with language, as others like working with clay, or notes.

Gwendolyn Brooks

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Art hurts. Art urges voyages – and it is easier to stay at home.
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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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When white and black meet today, sometimes there is a ready understanding that there has been an encounter between two human beings. But often there is only, or chiefly, an awareness that Two Colors are in the room.
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Poetry is life distilled.
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Life for my child is simple, and is good.
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Even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night.
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No man can give me any word but Wait.
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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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Beware the easy griefs / that fool and fuel nothing.
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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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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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What, what am I to do with all of this life?
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The poetry is myself.
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Sometimes you have to deal / Devilishly with drowning men in order to swim them to shore.
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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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