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Famous quotes containing the word brooks:

“They own Spode, Lowestoft, candelabra,
Mantels, and hostess gowns, and sunburst clocks,
Turtle soup, Chippendale, red stain “hangings,”
Aubussons and Hattie Carnegie.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

“The lariat lynch-wish I deplored./The loveliest lynchee was our Lord.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)

“And praises sing to God the King,
And peace to men on earth.”
—Phillips Brooks (1835–1893)