Gwendolyn Brooks Middle

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    “... able to
    Mend measles, nag noses, blast blisters
    And all day waste wordful girls
    And war-boys, and all day
    Say “Oh God!””
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “In the breath
    Of the holocaust he
    Is helmsman, hatchet, headlight.”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

    “You can always tell a Midwestern couple in Europe because they will be standing in the middle of a busy intersection looking at a wind-blown map and arguing over which way is west. European cities, with their wandering streets and undisciplined alleys, drive Midwesterners practically insane.”
    —Bill Bryson (b. 1951)