Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and years.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out...

I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out...

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes...

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes...

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon...

I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon...

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you...

In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes when you...

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus...

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus...

There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of...

There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of...

Where was I going? I puzzled and wondered about it til I actually enjoyed the...

Where was I going? I puzzled and wondered about it til I actually enjoyed the...

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

Nothing happens unless first a dream.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.

I had been keeping an off eye on the advertising field, thinking I might become...

I had been keeping an off eye on the advertising field, thinking I might become...

Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in...

Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in...

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your...

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your...

When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found;...

When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found;...

Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in...

Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in...

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...

Writing is a job. A drunk writer is about as useful as a drunk surgeon....

Writing is a job. A drunk writer is about as useful as a drunk surgeon....

Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.

Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.