Gwendolyn Brooks Quotes

Gwendolyn Brooks — American Poet born on June 07, 1917, died on December 03, 2000

Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was an American poet and teacher. She was the first black person to win a Pulitzer prize when she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950 for her second collection, Annie Allen... (wikipedia)

When you love a man, he becomes more than a body. His physical limbs expand, and his outline recedes, vanishes. He is rich and sweet and right. He is part of the world, the atmosphere, the blue sky and the blue water.

When you use the term minority or minorities in reference to people, you're telling them that they're less than somebody else.

First fight. Then fiddle.

Don't let anyone call you a minority if you're black or Hispanic or belong to some other ethnic group. You're not less than anybody else.

Very early in life I became fascinated with the wonders language can achieve. And I began playing with words.