Gwendolyn Brooks Middle

Famous quotes containing the words gwendolyn brooks, brooks and/or middle:

    “... dusky folk, so clamorous!
    So colorfully incorrect,
    So amorous,
    So flatly brave!”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “We

    Sing sin. We
    Thin gin. We

    Jazz June. We
    Die soon.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “The worst and best are both inclined
    To snap like vixens at the truth.
    But, O, beware the middle mind
    That purrs and never shows a tooth!”
    —Elinor Wylie (1885–1928)