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Children Quotes by Carl Sandburg

9 Children quotes by Carl Sandburg

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Carl Sandburg’s thoughts on children surface in a compact set of nine lines. Though modest in number, each snippet carries his poetic rhythm and affection for the younger generation, making this a handy starter for anyone curious about his take on growing up.

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The simple dignity of a child drinking a bowl of milk embodies the fascination of an ancient rite.

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Never will a time come when the most marvelous recent invention is as marvelous as a newborn child.

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“Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-haired child.”

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There is only one child in the world and the Child’s name is All Children.

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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.

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There is only one man in the world and his name is All Men. There is only one woman in the world…

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Come clean with a child heart Laugh as peaches in the summer wind Let rain on a house roof be a song…

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“HAPPINESS I ASKED the professors who teach the meaning of life to tell me what is happiness. And I went to…

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“So time passed on. And the two skyscrapers decided to have a child. And they decided when their child came it should…

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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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