Elwyn Brooks

Famous quotes containing the words elwyn brooks and/or brooks:

    “Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion.”
    —E.B. (Elwyn Brooks)

    “And if sun comes
    How shall we greet him?
    Shall we not dread him,
    Shall we not fear him
    After so lengthy a
    Session with shade?”
    —Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)