One reason cats are happier than people is that they have no newspapers.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSIt is brave to be involved.
More Gwendolyn Brooks Quotes
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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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I think it must be lonely to be God. Nobody loves a master. No.
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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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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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I am interested in telling my particular truth as I have seen it.
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Each body has its art.
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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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Beware the easy griefs / that fool and fuel nothing.
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Already I am no longer looked at with lechery or love.
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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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I like the concentration, the crush; I like working with language, as others like working with clay, or notes.
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It is brave to be involved. To be not fearful to be unresolved.
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I swear to keep the dead upon my mind, / Disdain for all time to be overglad.
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With melted opals for my milk, Pearl-leaf for my cracker.
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The music is in minors.
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