The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a...

A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a...

When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me...

When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

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...

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

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.

It is necessary...for a man to go away by himself...to sit on a rock...and ask,...

It is necessary...for a man to go away by himself...to sit on a rock...and ask,...

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

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.

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang...

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang...

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what...

I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what...

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...

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

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

Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look...

Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look...

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

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...

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,...

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...