From Whitman to the Beats and beyond — the voice of the New World.
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."
Still I rise.
— Maya Angelou
"Still I rise."
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in v…
— Emily Dickinson
"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain."
Because I could not stop for Death — He kindly stopped for me.
"Because I could not stop for Death — He kindly stopped for me."
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.
— Edgar Allan Poe
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary."
Tell all the truth but tell it slant.
"Tell all the truth but tell it slant."
We loved with a love that was more than love.
"We loved with a love that was more than love."
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?
— Langston Hughes
"What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
"You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to..."
Kiss me, and you will see how important I am.
— Sylvia Plath
"Kiss me, and you will see how important I am."
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."
Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul.
— Walt Whitman
"Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul."
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