Gwendolyn Brooks Quotes

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Poetry is life distilled. - Gwendolyn Brooks quote.
Poetry is life distilled.
— Gwendolyn Brooks A Life Distilled: Gwendolyn Brooks, Her Poetry and Fiction

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He's the comfort
and wine and piccalilli for my soul. - Gwendolyn Brooks quote.
He's the comfort
and wine and piccalilli for my soul.
— Gwendolyn Brooks In the Mecca

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Art hurts.  Art urges voyages—
and it is easier to stay at home. - Gwendolyn Brooks quote.
Art hurts.  Art urges voyages—
and it is easier to stay at home.
— Gwendolyn Brooks

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Art is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world. - Gwendolyn Brooks quote.
Art is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world.
— Gwendolyn Brooks A Capsule Course in Black Poetry Writing

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Reading is very important—read between the lines.  Don't swallow everything. - Gwendolyn Brooks quote.
Reading is very important—read between the lines.  Don't swallow everything.
— Gwendolyn Brooks Jet

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As you get older, you find that often the wheat, disentangling itself from the chaff, comes out to meet you. - Gwendolyn Brooks quote.
As you get older, you find that often the wheat, disentangling itself from the chaff, comes out to meet you.
— Gwendolyn Brooks Report From Part One: An Autobiography

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