Carver Quotes

“I did not have to learn to love you: You were chosen for me. I knew that the first time I saw you.

—George Washington Carver”
― Marilyn Nelson, Carver: A Life in Poems

“How sweet it is to let God purge our souls of ego and bitterness, and to have a little taste of heaven here on earth.”
― Marilyn Nelson, Carver: A Life in Poems

“When we lose contact, we see only hate,
only injustice, a giant so great
its shadow blocks our sun.”
― Marilyn Nelson, Carver: A Life in Poems

“When I die I will live again.
By nature I am a conserver.
I have found Nature
to be a conserver, too.
Nothing is wasted
or permanently lost
in Nature. Things
change their form,
but they do not cease
to exist. After
I leave this world
I do not believe I am through.
God would be a bigger fool
than even man
if He did not conserve
the human soul,
which seems to be
the most important thing
He has yet done in the universe.
When you get your grip
on the last rung of the ladder
and look over the wall
as I am now doing,
you don’t need their proofs:
You see.
You know
you will not die.”
― Marilyn Nelson, Carver: A Life in Poems