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Countee Cullen Quotes

Countee Cullen quotes

American Poet March 30, 1903 – January 9, 1946

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If You Should Go. Love, leave me like the light, The gently passing day; We would not know, but for the night, When it has slipped away. Go quietly; a dream, When done, should leave no trace. That it has lived, except a gleam Across the dreamer's face. Countee Cullen
I have no will to weep or sing, No least desire to pray or curse; The loss of love is a terrible thing; They lie who say that death is worse. Countee Cullen
Countee Cullen quote: "Your love to me was like an unread book."
Your love to me was like an unread book. Countee Cullen
Countee Cullen quote: "I have a rendezvous with life."
I have a rendezvous with life. Countee Cullen
There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.' In order for a writer to succeed, I suggest three things - read and write - and wait. Countee Cullen
Countee Cullen quote: "My poetry, I think, has become the way of my giving out what..."
My poetry, I think, has become the way of my giving out what music is within me Countee Cullen
Countee Cullen quote: "So in the dark we hide the heart that bleeds, And wait, and..."
So in the dark we hide the heart that bleeds, And wait, and tend our agonizing seeds. Countee Cullen
For we must be one thing or the other, an asset or a liability, the sinew in your wing to help you soar, or the chain to bind you to earth. Countee Cullen
Countee Cullen quote: "I was reared in the conservative atmosphere of a Methodist..."
I was reared in the conservative atmosphere of a Methodist parsonage. Countee Cullen
Countee Cullen quote: "And if I please you so, my lover, Remember praise is comely."
And if I please you so, my lover, Remember praise is comely. Countee Cullen

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