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)

    “Her creamy child kissed by the black maid! square on the mouth!”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “And indeed there will be time
    To wonder, “Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?”
    Time to turn back and descend the stair,
    With a bald spot in the middle of my hair ...
    Do I dare
    Disturb the universe?”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)