Brooks

Famous quotes containing the word brooks:

“the
Decapitated exclamation points in that Other Woman’s eyes.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

“There they are.
Thirty at the corner.
Black raw, ready.
Sores in the city
that do not want to heal.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

“What do you think of us in fuzzy endeavor, you whose directions are sterling, whose lunge is straight?
Can you make a reason, how can you pardon us who memorize the rules and never score?”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)