Brooks Men

Famous quotes containing the words brooks and/or men:

“On a snug evening I shall watch her fingers,
Cleverly ringed, declining to clever pink,
Beg glory from the willing keys. Old hungers
Will break their coffins, rise to eat and thank.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

“Far off, men swell, bully, and threaten; bring them hand to hand, and they are feeble folk.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)