Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words.
GWENDOLYN BROOKSI don’t like the idea of the black race being diluted out of existence. I like the idea of all of us being here.
More Gwendolyn Brooks Quotes
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It is brave to be involved.
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Live not for Battles Won. Live not for The-End-of-the-Song. Live in the along.
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The music is in minors.
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I tell poets that when a line just floats into your head, don’t pay attention ’cause it probably has floated into somebody else’s head.
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I am interested in telling my particular truth as I have seen it.
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Writing is a delicious agony.
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Art hurts. Art urges voyages – and it is easier to stay at home.
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It is brave to be involved. To be not fearful to be unresolved.
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Beware the easy griefs / that fool and fuel nothing.
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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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Each body has its art.
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Do not desire to fit in. Desire to oblige yourselves to lead.
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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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She was learning to love moments. To love moments for themselves.
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I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker.
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