Book Quotes by Carl Sandburg

9 Book quotes by Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg’s verses walk the streets and fields alike, and his musings on books keep that grounded rhythm. This brief collection suggests that reading can be both a march and a quiet pause.

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“A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one.”

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

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We don't have to think up a title till we get the doggone book written.

Carl Sandburg

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All my life I have been trying to learn to read, to see and hear, and to write.

Carl Sandburg

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I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out of all this.

Carl Sandburg

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The peace of great books be for you, Stains of pressed clover leaves on pages, Bleach of the light of years held…

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I knew I would read all kinds of books and try to get at what it is that makes good writers good.…

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History is a living horse laughing at a wooden horse. History is a wind blowing where it listeth. History is no sure…

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His books were part of him. Each year of his life, it seemed, his books became more and more a part of…

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Arithmetic is numbers you squeeze from your head to your hand to your pencil to your paper till you get the answer.

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Gather the stars if you wish it so Gather the songs and keep them. Gather the faces of women. Gather for keeping years and…

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Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

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Somebody's little girl- how easy it is to make a sob story over who she once was and who she now is.

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Let your heart look on white sea spray and be lonely. Love is a fool star. You and a ring of stars may mention…

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Two bubbles found they had rainbows on their curves. They flickered out saying: "It was worth being a bubble, just to have held that…

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Poetry is a series of explanations of life, fading off into horizons too swift for explanations.

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There are ten men in me and I do not know or understand one of them.

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The drum in a dream pounds loud to the dreamer.

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“Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that…

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Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.

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a women is like a tea bag.it's only when she is in hot water that you realize how strong she is.

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My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.

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I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth and never cherishes any memory except the face of…

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Rest is not a word of free people. Rest is a monarchical word.

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