Countee Cullen Quotes

United States, Poet
May 30, 1903 – January, 9, 1946.

Countee Cullen (born Countee LeRoy Porter; May 30, 1903 – January 9, 1946) was an American poet, novelist, children's writer, and playwright during the Harlem Renaissance.

Also known as Novelist, Writer, Playwright

So in the dark we hide the heart that bleeds, And wait, and tend our agonizing seeds.

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- Heart
- Dark
Your love to me was like an unread book.

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- Book

There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.' In order for a writer to succeed, I suggest three things - read and write - and wait.

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- Work
- Success
I have a rendezvous with life.

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- Life
For we must be one thing or the other, an asset or a liability, the sinew in your wing to help you soar, or the chain to bind you to earth.

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- Help
- Earth
I was reared in the conservative atmosphere of a Methodist parsonage.

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