There was always the consolation that if I didn't like what I wrote I could throw it away or burn it. Carl Sandburg burnconsolationthrow Change image and share on social
Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. Carl Sandburg danceechopoetry Change image and share on social
I am an idealist. I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way. Carl Sandburg idealist Change image and share on social
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. Carl Sandburg admiredesirehappiness Change image and share on social
A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man. Carl Sandburg bookdeadgenius Change image and share on social
I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen to know a little about things that went on long ago in that building. Carl Sandburg agobuildhappen Change image and share on social
I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it. Carl Sandburg grammarlifemake Change image and share on social
Often I look back and see that I had been many kinds of a fool-and that I had been happy in being this or that kind of fool. Carl Sandburg backfoolhappy Change image and share on social
I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world. Carl Sandburg ageambiguitycandid share on social