O land and soil, red soil and sweet-gum tree, So scant of grass, so profligate of pines
We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence. - Jean Toomer
We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence.
- Jean Toomer
To understand a new idea, break an old habit. - Jean Toomer
To understand a new idea, break an old habit.
No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight. - Jean Toomer
No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.
some genius of the South With blood-hot eyes and cane-lipped scented mouth, Surprised in making folk-songs from soul sounds. - Jean Toomer
some genius of the South With blood-hot eyes and cane-lipped scented mouth, Surprised in making folk-songs from soul sounds.
In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well. - Jean Toomer
In a sick world, it is the first duty of the artist to get well.
O singers, resinous and soft your songsAbove the sacred whisper of the pines,Give virgin lips to cornfield concubines,Bring dreams of Christ to dusky… - Jean Toomer
O singers, resinous and soft your songsAbove the sacred whisper of the pines,Give virgin lips to cornfield concubines,Bring dreams of Christ to dusky…
Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads, Great, hollow, bell-like flowers - Jean Toomer
Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads, Great, hollow, bell-like flowers
Whats beauty anyway but ugliness if it hurts you? - Jean Toomer
Whats beauty anyway but ugliness if it hurts you?
If you have heard a Jewish cantor sing, if he has touched you and made your own sorrow seem trivial when compared with his, you will know my feeling … - Jean Toomer
If you have heard a Jewish cantor sing, if he has touched you and made your own sorrow seem trivial when compared with his, you will know my feeling …
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