"Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles."
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Jean Toomer
Poet, Novelist
Jean Toomer was an influential American poet and novelist known for his work 'Cane', which explores themes of race and identity in early 20th-century America.
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Jean Toomer
Poet, Novelist
"We learn the rope of life by untying its knots."
Jean Toomer
Poet, Novelist
"Most novices picture themselves as masters - and are content with the picture. This is why there are so few masters."
Jean Toomer
Poet, Novelist
"Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it."
Jean Toomer
Poet, Novelist
"We never know we are beings till we love. And then it is we know the powers and potentialities of human existence."
Jean Toomer
Poet, Novelist
"We do not posses imagination enough to sense what we are missing."