Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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

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

It is healthful and invigorating to fall many times through life, if you get up...

It is healthful and invigorating to fall many times through life, if you get up...

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

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

Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten...

Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten...

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...

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.

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...

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...

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die,...

A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die,...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

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 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...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts...

Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts...

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...

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to...

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to...

He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.

He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.

There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.

There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.