Gwendolyn Brooks Quotes about Life

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Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come again in this identical guise.

Life, Gold, Littles

"Annie Allen". Book by Gwendolyn Brooks, 1949.

This is the urgency: Live! and have your blooming in the noise of the whirlwind.

Life, Blooming, Noise

Gwendolyn Brooks (2005). “The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks”, p.115, Library of America

Poetry is life distilled.

Life, Poetry, Poetry Is

Gwendolyn Brooks (1980). “Young Poet's Primer”

Life must be aromatic. There must be scent, somehow there must be some.

Life, Scent

Gwendolyn Brooks (2005). “The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks”, p.17, Library of America