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Brief author info: Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) American writer, poet and novelist known for her strong voice and social observation; much of work centers around the African American experience in America; as such, considered to have foreshadowed later African American writers' works (such as Imamu Amiri Baraka's); won Pulitzer Prize for Annie Allen, her second book of poems; well known for her novel Maud Martha.

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There can be no whiter whiteness than this one: An insurance man's shirt on its morning run.

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Poetry is life distilled.

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Friend Quote

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

- Walter Winchell

Happiness Quote

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

- Maxim Gorky

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Everything you can imagine is real.

- Pablo Picasso

Life Quote

Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.

- Publilius Syrus

Change Quote

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

- Maya Angelou

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