My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular to see what would happen was at the end of a hall.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you...

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you...

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...

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...

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...

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

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...

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...

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.

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...

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it...

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it...

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

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...

I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

I'm either going to be a writer or a bum.

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

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

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

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.

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

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

Babies are such a nice way to start people

Babies are such a nice way to start people

A two-year old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a...

A two-year old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a...

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more...

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more...