I don't like the idea of the black race being diluted out of existence. I like the idea of all of us being here.
Gwendolyn BrooksA writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.
Gwendolyn BrooksThere can be no whiter whiteness than this one: An insurance man's shirt on its morning run.
Gwendolyn BrooksWe are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.
Gwendolyn Brooks