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The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

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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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I'm either going to be a writer or a bum. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#either #going #i #writer

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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Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes. ↗

— 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

#career #definite #filling #i #misty