Brooks

Famous quotes containing the word brooks:

“The stench; the urine, cabbage, and dead beans,
Dead porridges of assorted dusty grains,
The old smoke, heavy diapers, and, they’re told,
Something called chitterlings.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

“For the Christ-child who comes is the Master of all;
No palace too great, no cottage too small.”
—Phillips Brooks (1835–1893)

“He was born in Alabama.
He was bred in Illinois.
He was nothing but a
Plain black boy.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)