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I think it must be lonely to be God. Nobody loves a master. No.
Gwendolyn Brooks
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Gwendolyn Brooks
Age: 83 †
Born: 1917
Born: June 7
Died: 2000
Died: December 3
Novelist
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Topeka
Kansas
Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks
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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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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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Be yourself. Don't imitate other poets. You are as important as they are.
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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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Poetry is life distilled.
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It is brave to be involved
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What I'm fighting for now in my work... for an expression relevant to all manner of blacks, poems I could take into a tavern, into the street, into the halls of a housing project.
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We are each other's magnitude and bond.
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Do not be afraid of no, Who has so far, so very far to go.
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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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Each body has its art.
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I've always thought of myself as a reporter. When people ask why I don't stop writing, I say, `Look at what's happening in this world. Every day there's something exciting or disturbing to write about.’ With all that's going on, how could I stop?
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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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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 right. He is part of the world, the atmosphere, the blue sky and the blue water.
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With melted opals for my milk, Pearl-leaf for my cracker.
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Even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night.
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Reading is important - read between the lines. Don't swallow everything.
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Art is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world.
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The poetry is myself.
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Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.
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