Look out how you use proud words. When you let proud words go, it is not easy to call them back. They wear long boots, hard boots; they walk off proud; they can't hear you calling. Look out how you use proud words.
Carl SandburgThere have been as many varieties of socialists as there are wild birds that fly in the woods and sometimes go up and on through the clouds.
Carl SandburgSomebody's little girl- how easy it is to make a sob story over who she once was and who she now is.
Carl SandburgPile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo. Shovel them under and let me work- I am the grass; I cover all. And pile them high at Gettysburg. And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun. Shovel them under and let me work. Two years, ten years,and passengers ask the conductor- What place is this? Where are we now? I am the grass. Let me work.
Carl Sandburg