Gwendolyn Brooks Middle

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

    “Although the pattern prevailed,
    The breaks were everywhere. That she could think
    Of no thread capable of the necessary
    Sew-work.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “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)

    “Radicalism is the opium of the middle class.”
    —Christina Stead (1902–1983)