There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could throw it away or burn it.

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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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...

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 decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after...

I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after...

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

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 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...

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 have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.

I have in later years taken to Euclid, Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, in an elemental way.

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...

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

Failures are like skinned knees; painful, but superficial.

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...

I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends....

I took to wearing a black tie known as the Ascot, with long drooping ends....

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes...

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands, and goes...

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'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.

I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.

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...

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 make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write...

I make it clear why I write as I do and why other poets write...