Goodness begins simply with the fact of life itself.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSIt is brave to be involved.
More Gwendolyn Brooks Quotes
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She was learning to love moments. To love moments for themselves.
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One reason cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.
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Art is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world.
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Life for my child is simple, and is good.
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With melted opals for my milk, Pearl-leaf for my cracker.
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We don’t ask a flower any special reason for its existence. We just look at it and are able to accept it as being something different from ourselves.
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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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This is the urgency: Live! and have your blooming in the noise of the whirlwind.
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Don’t let anyone call you a minority if you’re black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You’re not less than anybody else.
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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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Even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night.
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Reading is important – read between the lines. Don’t swallow everything.
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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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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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To be in love Is to touch things with a lighter hand. In yourself you stretch, you are well.
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