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We are each other's magnitude and bond.

Gwendolyn Brooks

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Gwendolyn Brooks
Age: 83 †
Born: 1917
Born: June 7
Died: 2000
Died: December 3
Novelist
Poet
Teacher
Writer
Topeka
Kansas
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks
Bridal
Toasts
Magnitude
Bond
Ties

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Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words.
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Do not be afraid of no, Who has so far, so very far to go.
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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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