Do Not Desire To Fit In. Desire

Already I Am No Longer Looked At With Lechery Or Love.

I Don't Want People Running Around Saying Gwen Brooks's Work Is Intellectual. That Makes People Think Instantly About Obscurity. It Shouldn't Have To Mean That, But It Often Seems To.

It Frightens Me To Realize That, If I Had Died Before The Age Of Fifty, I Would Have Died A 'negro' Fraction.

Even If You Are Not Ready For Day It Cannot Always Be Night.

She Was Learning To Love Moments. To Love Moments For Themselves.