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title: "2 Drifting Quotes By Carl Sandburg"
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> [Not often in the story of mankind does a man arrive on earth who is both steel and velvet, who is as hard as rock and soft as drifting fog, who holds in his heart and mind the paradox of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/not-often-in-the-story-of-mankind-does-a-man-arrive-on-earth-who-is/)

[Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/)

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> [Didn't you tie the mittens on her feet (Wednesday Evening's) extra special nice? Yes--she is an extra special nice pigeon. She cries for pity when she wants pity. And she shuts her eyes when she doesn't want to look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/didn-t-you-tie-the-mittens-on-her-feet-wednesday-evening-s-extra/)

[Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/)

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## Other authors on Drifting

## More by Carl Sandburg

> [Arithmetic is numbers you squeeze from your head to your hand to your pencil to your paper till you get the answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/arithmetic-is-numbers-you-squeeze-from-your-head-to-your-hand-to-your/)

[Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/)

> [Gather the stars if you wish it so Gather the songs and keep them. Gather the faces of women. Gather for keeping years and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/gather-the-stars-if-you-wish-it-so-gather-the-songs-and-keep-them/)

[Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/)

> [Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/back-of-every-mistaken-venture-and-defeat-is-the-laughter-of-wisdom/)

[Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/)

> [Somebody's little girl- how easy it is to make a sob story over who she once was and who she now is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/somebody-s-little-girl-how-easy-it-is-to-make-a-sob-story-over-who/)

[Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/)

> [Let your heart look on white sea spray and be lonely. Love is a fool star. You and a ring of stars may mention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/let-your-heart-look-on-white-sea-spray-and-be-lonely-love-is-a-fool/)

[Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/)

> [Two bubbles found they had rainbows on their curves. They flickered out saying: "It was worth being a bubble, just to have held that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/two-bubbles-found-they-had-rainbows-on-their-curves-they-flickered/)

[Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/)

> [Poetry is a series of explanations of life, fading off into horizons too swift for explanations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/poetry-is-a-series-of-explanations-of-life-fading-off-into-horizons/)

[Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/)

> [There are ten men in me and I do not know or understand one of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/there-are-ten-men-in-me-and-i-do-not-know-or-understand-one-of-them/)

[Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/)

> [The drum in a dream pounds loud to the dreamer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/the-drum-in-a-dream-pounds-loud-to-the-dreamer/)

[Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/)

> [“Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/time-is-the-most-valuable-coin-in-your-life-you-and-you-alone-will/)

[Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/)

> [Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/poetry-is-the-opening-and-closing-of-a-door-leaving-those-who-look/)

[Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/)

> [a women is like a tea bag.it's only when she is in hot water that you realize how strong she is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/a-women-is-like-a-tea-bag-it-s-only-when-she-is-in-hot-water-that-you/)

[Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/)

> [My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/my-name-is-truth-and-i-am-the-most-elusive-captive-in-the-universe/)

[Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/i-won-t-take-my-religion-from-any-man-who-never-works-except-with-his/)

[Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/)

> [Rest is not a word of free people. Rest is a monarchical word.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sandburg/rest-is-not-a-word-of-free-people-rest-is-a-monarchical-word/)

[Carl Sandburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sandburg/)

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