What did Gwendolyn Brooks mean by: I know that the Black emphasis must be not against white but FOR Black. - Gwendolyn Brooks Copy
+ … sometimes you have to deal / Devilishly with drowning men in order to swim them to shore. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gwendolyn Brooks, Swim, 0 - Gwendolyn Brooks
+ I swear to keep the dead upon my mind, / Disdain for all time to be overglad. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gwendolyn Brooks, All Time, Grief, Mind, 0 - Gwendolyn Brooks
+ This is the urgency: Live! and have your blooming in the noise of the whirlwind. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gwendolyn Brooks, Blooming, Noise, 0 - Gwendolyn Brooks
+ I think there are things for all of us to do as long as we’re here and we’re healthy. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gwendolyn Brooks, Happiness, Inspiration, Success, 0 - Gwendolyn Brooks
+ She was learning to love moments. To love moments for themselves. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gwendolyn Brooks, Moments, 0 - Gwendolyn Brooks
+ Be yourself. Don’t imitate other poets. You are as important as they are. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gwendolyn Brooks, Being Yourself, Important, Poet, 0 - Gwendolyn Brooks
+ It is brave to be involved. To be not fearful to be unresolved. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gwendolyn Brooks, Brave, Courage, Diversity, 0 - Gwendolyn Brooks
+ Do not desire to fit in. Desire to oblige yourselves to lead. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Gwendolyn Brooks, Desire, Fit, Leadership, 0 - Gwendolyn Brooks
Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
People think that everyone wears black in France; in fact they all wear grey. - Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion designer · France
Oh, the self-importance of fading stars. Never mind, they will be black holes one day. - Jeffrey Bernard Journalist · England
In order to disprove the assertion that all crows are black, one white crow is sufficient. - William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
Racial discrimination against a white is as unconstitutional as race discrimination against a black. - William O. Douglas Lawyer and Jurist · USA
I’m not black, but there’s a whole lot of times I wish I could say I’m not white. - Frank Zappa Musician · USA
Whatever it means to be a friend, taking a black eye for someone has to be in it. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
