I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after those eight months as a fireman.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and...

Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and...

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

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

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of...

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of...

Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give...

Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence.

Love your neighbor as yourself; but don't take down the fence.

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who...

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who...

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard...

I stayed away from mathematics not so much because I knew it would be hard...

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

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...

Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and...

Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and...

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

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

I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class...

I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class...

A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on

A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on

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...

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...

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...

I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.

I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out.