I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends. I had seen pictures of painters, sculptors, poets, wearing this style of tie.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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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...

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

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.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember...

You remember some bedrooms you have slept in. There are bedrooms you like to remember...

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs...

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs...

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

Nothing happens unless first we dream.

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...

Life is like an onion; you peel off one layer at a time and sometimes...

Life is like an onion; you peel off one layer at a time and sometimes...

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

The greatest cunning is to have none at all.

I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.

I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.

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.

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after...

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after...

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...

We don't have to think up a title till we get the doggone book written.

We don't have to think up a title till we get the doggone book written.

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

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

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

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

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men...

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men...

God gave burdens, also shoulders

God gave burdens, also shoulders

Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to...

Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to...