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. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#about #closing #door #during #guess

Life is like an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#life #like #off #onion #peel

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#admire #desiring #secret #without

I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#doubt #i #liquor #party #truly

The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#lonesome #moon #talk

Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten with her. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#comes #easy #enough #girl #haven

Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#joy #keep #out #reach #runs

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#hippopotamus #me #mud #soar #wallow

A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awake. ↗

— Carl Sandburg

#born #die #first #man #may