Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSDo not be afraid of no, Who has so far, so very far to go.
More Gwendolyn Brooks Quotes
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What, what am I to do with all of this life?
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She was learning to love moments. To love moments for themselves.
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The forties and fifties were years of high poet-incense; the language-flowers were thickly sweet. Those flowers whined and begged white folks to pick them, to find them lovable. Then the ’60s: Independent fire!
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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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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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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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When I start writing a poem, I don’t think about models or about what anybody else in the world has done.
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Each body has its art.
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Art hurts. Art urges voyages – and it is easier to stay at home.
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I know that the Black emphasis must be not against white but FOR Black.
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No man can give me any word but Wait.
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I think there are things for all of us to do as long as we’re here and we’re healthy.
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The music is in minors.
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Life must be aromatic. There must be scent, somehow there must be some.
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