Gwendolyn Brooks Middle

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

    “She has taken her passive pigeon poor,
    She has buried him down and down.
    He never shall sally to Sally
    Nor soil any roofs of the town.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “With his great white strong cold squares of teeth
    And his little eyes of stone ...”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “Don’t you realize that as long as you have to sit down to pee, you’ll never be a dominant force in the world? You’ll never be a convincing technocrat or middle manager. Because people will know. She’s in there sitting down.”
    —Don Delillo (b. 1926)