#de

A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awake. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

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Let the gentle bush dig its root deep and spread upward to split the boulder. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#boulder #bush #deep #dig #gentle

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

— Carl Sandburg

#book #dead #genius #man #masterpiece

Every blunder behind us is giving a cheer for us, and only for those who were willing to fail are the dangers and splendors of life. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#blunder #cheer #dangers #every #fail

I fell in love, not deep, but I fell several times and then fell out. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

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One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

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Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

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I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but living and spoken by the English people a thousand years ago. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#curious #dead #english #english people #few

I couldn't see myself filling some definite niche in what is called a career. This was all misty. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

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I decided I would go to Chicago and try my luck as a writer after those eight months as a fireman. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

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