I am interested in telling my particular truth as I have seen it.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSDo not be afraid of no, Who has so far, so very far to go.
More Gwendolyn Brooks Quotes
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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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People are so in need, in need of help. People want so much that they do not know.
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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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I know that the Black emphasis must be not against white but FOR Black.
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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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This is the urgency: Live! and have your blooming in the noise of the whirlwind.
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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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Life for my child is simple, and is good.
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I think it must be lonely to be God. Nobody loves a master. No.
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I swear to keep the dead upon my mind, / Disdain for all time to be overglad.
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Life must be aromatic. There must be scent, somehow there must be some.
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Even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night.
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Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.
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The music is in minors.
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Reading is important – read between the lines. Don’t swallow everything.
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