More from Gwendolyn Brooks

  1. Each body has its art...
  2. Reading is important - read between the lines. Don't swallow everything.
  3. Once chosen, our cornering will determine The message of any star and darkness we encounter.
  4. When you love a man, he becomes more than a body. His physical limbs expand, and his outline recedes, vanishes. He is rich and sweet and ri…
  5. Our earth is round, and, among other things That means that you and I can hold completely different Points of view and both be right. The d…
  6. That time we all heard it, cool and clear, cutting across the hot grit of the day. The major Voice. The adult Voice forgoing Rolling River,…
  7. Believe me, I loved you all. Believe me, I knew you, though faintly, and I loved, I loved you All.
  8. What shall I say, how is the truth to be said? You were born, you had body, you died. It is just that you never giggled or planned or cried.

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