127 Quotes by Gwendolyn Brooks

There can be no whiter whiteness than this one: An insurance man's shirt on its morning run.

Nothing could stop Mississippi.

Do not be afraid of no, Who has so far, so very far to go.

Live not for Battles Won. Live not for The-End-of-the-Song. Live in the along.

It is brave to be involved

With melted opals for my milk, Pearl-leaf for my cracker.

Art is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world.

Already I am no longer looked at with lechery or love.

Say to them, say to the down-keepers, the sun-slappers, the self-soilers, the harmony-hushers, "Even if you are not ready for day it cannot always be night." You will be right. For that is the hard home-run. Live not for battles won. Live not for the-end-of-the-song. Live in the along.