Brooks

Famous quotes containing the word brooks:

    I believe it was a good job,
    Despite this possible horror: that they might prefer the
    Preservation of their law in all its sick dignity and their knives
    To the continuation of their creed
    And their lives.
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    When the Negroes came they were perplexed.
    These Negroes looked like men.
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    Henry B. Adams was the first in an infinite series to discover and admit to himself that he really did not care whether truth was, or was not, true. He did not even care that it should be proved true, unless the process were new and amusing. He was a Darwinian for fun.
    —Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)