What did James Weldon Johnson mean by: And so for a couple of years my life was divided between my music and my school books. - James Weldon Johnson Author · USA Copy
+ I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Weldon Johnson, Consideration, Paris, 0 - James Weldon Johnson Author · USA
+ It’s no disgrace to be black, but it’s often very inconvenient. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Weldon Johnson, Black, Disgrace, 0 - James Weldon Johnson Author · USA
+ As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little aristocrat. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Weldon Johnson, Aristocracy, Perfect, 0 - James Weldon Johnson Author · USA
+ Labor is the fabled magician’s wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Weldon Johnson, Philosopher, Stones, Work, 0 - James Weldon Johnson Author · USA
+ I thought of Paris as a beauty spot on the face of the earth, and of London as a big freckle. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Weldon Johnson, Earth, Paris, Travel, 0 - James Weldon Johnson Author · USA
+ With his head in his hands, God thought and thought, Till he thought: I’ll make me a man! Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Weldon Johnson, Hands, 0 - James Weldon Johnson Author · USA
+ O Black and unknown bards of long ago, How came your lips to touch the sacred fire? Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Weldon Johnson, Fire, Long Ago, Music, 0 - James Weldon Johnson Author · USA
+ My mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman helping her. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Weldon Johnson, Helping, Mother, 0 - James Weldon Johnson Author · USA
An art school is generated only by the intensity and heat of a common pressure. - William Lethaby Architect · United Kingdom
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China
