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

Quote by Carl Sandburg

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There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could...

There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could...

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

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.

Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and...

Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and...

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....

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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 secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring

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 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

If the Prodigal Son's a parable, and if Adam and Eve are metaphors, then maybe...

If the Prodigal Son's a parable, and if Adam and Eve are metaphors, then maybe...

I'm not religious, but I like God and he likes me.

I'm not religious, but I like God and he likes me.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.