Jean Toomer — American Author born on December 26, 1894, died on March 30, 1967

Jean Toomer was an American poet and novelist and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance and modernism. His first book Cane, published in 1923, is considered by many to be his most significant. Of mixed race and majority European ancestry, Toomer struggled to identify as "an American" and resisted efforts to classify him as a black writer... (wikipedia)

We learn the rope of life by untying its knots.
No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.
Acceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own.
People mistake their limitations for high standards.
Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity.