No man can give me any word but Wait.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSAlready I am no longer looked at with lechery or love.
More Gwendolyn Brooks Quotes
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It frightens me to realize that, if I had died before the age of fifty, I would have died a ‘Negro’ fraction.
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It is brave to be involved. To be not fearful to be unresolved.
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Each body has its art.
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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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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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Exhaust the little moment soon it dies.
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There can be no whiter whiteness than this one: An insurance man’s shirt on its morning run.
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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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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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The music is in minors.
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We are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond.
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Goodness begins simply with the fact of life itself.
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Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.
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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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There are no magics or elves or timely godmothers to guide us. We are lost, must wizard a track through our own screaming weed.
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