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Langston Hughes quotes: Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
Langston Hughes quotes: How still,How strangely stillThe water is today,It is not goodFor waterTo be so still that way.~ "Sea Calm How still,
How strangely still
The water is today,
It is not good
For water
To be so still that way.

~ "Sea Calm
Langston Hughes quotes: When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left. When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left.
Langston Hughes quotes: Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people - the beauty within themselves. Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people - the beauty within themselves.
Langston Hughes quotes: So since I'm still here livin', I guess I will live on. I could've died for love But for livin' I was born. So since I'm still here livin', I guess I will live on. I could've died for love
But for livin' I was born.
Langston Hughes quotes: Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.
Langston Hughes quotes: One of the great needs of Negro children is to have books about themselves and their lives that can help them be proud. One of the great needs of Negro children is to have books about themselves and their lives that can help them be proud.
Langston Hughes quotes: The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll finish it, ... The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll finish it, ...
Langston Hughes quotes: Tell all my mournersTo mourn in red-Cause there ain't no senseIn my bein' dead. Tell all my mourners
To mourn in red-
Cause there ain't no sense
In my bein' dead.
Langston Hughes quotes: As much as they loved Negroes, Neroes didn't seem to love Michael and Anne. As much as they loved Negroes, Neroes didn't seem to love Michael and Anne.
Langston Hughes quotes: The prerequisite for writing is having something to say. The prerequisite for writing is having something to say.
Langston Hughes quotes: You see, books had been happening to me. You see, books had been happening to me.
Langston Hughes quotes: I am a Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa. I am a Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa.
Langston Hughes quotes: America never was America to me And yet I swear this oath - America will be! America never was America to me And yet I swear this oath - America will be!
Langston Hughes quotes: Writing is like travelling. It's wonderful to go somewhere, but you get tired of staying. Writing is like travelling. It's wonderful to go somewhere, but you get tired of staying.
Langston Hughes quotes: Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love.I like to work, read, learn, and understand life. Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love.
I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.
Langston Hughes quotes: Gather quickly Out of darkness All the songs you know And throw them at the sun Before they melt Like snow. Gather quickly
Out of darkness
All the songs you know
And throw them at the sun
Before they melt
Like snow.
Langston Hughes quotes: We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves. We build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves.
Langston Hughes quotes: Out of love,No regretsThough the goodnessBe wasted forever.Out of love,No regretsThough the returnBe never. Out of love,
No regrets
Though the goodness
Be wasted forever.
Out of love,
No regrets
Though the return
Be never.
Langston Hughes quotes: The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night And I love the rain. The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night And I love the rain.
Langston Hughes quotes: I stay cool, and dig all jive,That's the way I stay alive.My motto, as I live and learn, isDig and be dugIn return. I stay cool, and dig all jive,
That's the way I stay alive.
My motto,
as I live and learn,
is
Dig and be dug
In return.
Langston Hughes quotes: I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go. I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
Langston Hughes quotes: Frosting Freedom Is just frosting On somebody else's Cake And so must be Till we Learn how to Bake. Frosting Freedom Is just frosting On somebody else's Cake
And so must be Till we Learn how to Bake.
Langston Hughes quotes: I will not take 'but' for an answer. Negroes have been looking at democracy's 'but' too long. I will not take 'but' for an answer. Negroes have been looking at democracy's 'but' too long.
Langston Hughes quotes: They rung my bell to ask me.Could I recommend a maid.I said, yes, your momma. They rung my bell to ask me.
Could I recommend a maid.
I said, yes, your momma.
Langston Hughes quotes: One of the great difficulties about being a member of a minority race is that so many kindhearted, well-meaning bores gather around to help. One of the great difficulties about being a member of a minority race is that so many kindhearted, well-meaning bores gather around to help.
Langston Hughes quotes: The rhythm of life is a jazz rhythm The rhythm of life is a jazz rhythm
Langston Hughes quotes: Hard as I try, daddy-o, I really do not like concert singers. They are always singing in some foreign language. Hard as I try, daddy-o, I really do not like concert singers. They are always singing in some foreign language.
Langston Hughes quotes: The past has been a mint Of blood and sorrow. That must not be True of tomorrow. The past has been a mint Of blood and sorrow. That must not be True of tomorrow.
Langston Hughes quotes: Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
Langston Hughes quotes: Misery is when you heard on the radio that the neighborhood you live in is a slum but you always thought it was home. Misery is when you heard on the radio that the neighborhood you live in is a slum but you always thought it was home.
Langston Hughes quotes: Reach Up Your Hand ... and take a star. Reach Up Your Hand ... and take a star.
Langston Hughes quotes: 7 x 7 + love = An amount Infinitely above: 7 x 7 - love. 7 x 7 + love = An amount Infinitely above: 7 x 7 - love.
Langston Hughes quotes: Cheap little rhymesA cheap little tuneAre sometimes as dangerousAs a sliver of the moon. Cheap little rhymes
A cheap little tune
Are sometimes as dangerous
As a sliver of the moon.
Langston Hughes quotes: Politics can be the graveyard of the poet. And only poetry can be his resurrection. Politics can be the graveyard of the poet. And only poetry can be his resurrection.
Langston Hughes quotes: Blues had the pulse beat of the people who keep on going. Blues had the pulse beat of the people who keep on going.
Langston Hughes quotes: What happens to a dream deferred? What happens to a dream deferred?
Langston Hughes quotes: I will not take 'but' for an answer. I will not take 'but' for an answer.
Langston Hughes quotes: Poetry is the human soul entireSqueezed like a lemon or a lime,Drop by drop into atomic words". Poetry is the human soul entire
Squeezed like a lemon or a lime,
Drop by drop into atomic words".
Langston Hughes quotes: As I learn from you,I guess you learnFrom me although You're older and whiteAnd somewhat more free. As I learn from you,
I guess you learn
From me
although
You're older
and white
And somewhat more free.
Langston Hughes quotes: It has seemed to me that most people are generally good, in every race and in every country where I have been. It has seemed to me that most people are generally good, in every race and in every country where I have been.
Langston Hughes quotes: Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows, Help us to see That without the dust the rainbow Would not be. Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows, Help us to see That without the dust the rainbow Would not be.
Langston Hughes quotes: I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe. I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe.
Langston Hughes quotes: Harriet Tubman lived to see the harvest. Harriet Tubman lived to see the harvest.
Langston Hughes quotes: Even the 'Negro' shows like 'Amos and Andy' and 'Beulah' are written largely by white writers - the better to preserve the stereotypes, I imagine. Even the 'Negro' shows like 'Amos and Andy' and 'Beulah' are written largely by white writers - the better to preserve the stereotypes, I imagine.
Langston Hughes quotes: It were depression, too. They cut my wages down once at the foundry. They cut my wages down again. Then they cut my wages out, also the job. It were depression, too. They cut my wages down once at the foundry. They cut my wages down again. Then they cut my wages out, also the job.
Langston Hughes quotes: As long as what is is-and Georgia is Georgia-I will take Harlem for mine. At least, if trouble comes, I will have my own window to shoot from. As long as what is is-and Georgia is Georgia-I will take Harlem for mine. At least, if trouble comes, I will have my own window to shoot from.
Langston Hughes quotes: The calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss The calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss
Langston Hughes quotes: I got the Weary Blues And I can't be satisfied. I got the Weary Blues And I can't be satisfied.
Langston Hughes quotes: Books -where if people suffered, they suffered in beautiful language, not in monosyllables, as we did in Kansas Books -where if people suffered, they suffered in beautiful language, not in monosyllables, as we did in Kansas
Langston Hughes quotes: Whiskey just naturally likes me but beer likes me better. Whiskey just naturally likes me but beer likes me better.
Langston Hughes quotes: In all my life, I have never been free. I have never been able to do anything with freedom, except in the field of my writing. In all my life, I have never been free. I have never been able to do anything with freedom, except in the field of my writing.
Langston Hughes quotes: Never look for a worm in the apple of your eye. Never look for a worm in the apple of your eye.
Langston Hughes quotes: Because shoes got by devilish ways will burn your feet. Because shoes got by devilish ways will burn your feet.
Langston Hughes quotes: The speaker catches firelooking at their faces.His wordsjump down to standin listener's places. The speaker catches fire
looking at their faces.
His words
jump down to stand
in listener's places.
Langston Hughes quotes: An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose
Langston Hughes quotes: Life is a egg you have to be patient and carefull with it or it will brake Life is a egg you have to be patient and carefull with it or it will brake
Langston Hughes quotes: My seeking has been to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America and obliquely that of all human kind, My seeking has been to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America and obliquely that of all human kind,
Langston Hughes quotes: Joe has sense enough to knowHe is a god.So many gods don't know. Joe has sense enough to know
He is a god.
So many gods don't know.
Langston Hughes quotes: Humor is when the joke's on you but hits the other fellow first before it boomerangs. Humor is when the joke's on you but hits the other fellow first
before it boomerangs.
Langston Hughes quotes: Life is a system of half-truths and lies, Opportunistic, convenient evasion. Life is a system of half-truths and lies, Opportunistic, convenient evasion.
Langston Hughes quotes: Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it. Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.
Langston Hughes quotes: I loved my friendHe went away from meThere's nothing more to sayThe poem ends,Soft as it began-I loved my friend. I loved my friend
He went away from me
There's nothing more to say
The poem ends,
Soft as it began-
I loved my friend.
Langston Hughes quotes: Looks like what drives me crazy Don't have no effect on you But I'm gonna keep on at it Till it drives you crazy, too. Looks like what drives me crazy Don't have no effect on you
But I'm gonna keep on at it Till it drives you crazy, too.
Langston Hughes quotes: The Jewish people and the Negro people both know the meaning of Nordic supremacy. We have both looked into the eyes of terror. The Jewish people and the Negro people both know the meaning of Nordic supremacy. We have both looked into the eyes of terror.
Langston Hughes quotes: I asked you, baby,If you understood-You told me that you didn't,But you thought you would. I asked you, baby,
If you understood-
You told me that you didn't,
But you thought you would.
Langston Hughes quotes: When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul. When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.
Langston Hughes quotes: For poems are like rainbows; they escape you quickly. For poems are like rainbows; they escape you quickly.
Langston Hughes quotes: I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn't, So I jumped in and sank. I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn't, So I jumped in and sank.
Langston Hughes quotes: Violent anger makes me physically ill. Violent anger makes me physically ill.
Langston Hughes quotes: I wish the rent Was heaven sent. I wish the rent Was heaven sent.
Langston Hughes quotes: Life is for the living.Death is for the dead.Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.
Langston Hughes quotes: Go home and write / a page tonight. / And let that page come out of you - / Then, it will be true. Go home and write / a page tonight. / And let that page come out of you - / Then, it will be true.
Langston Hughes quotes: Rest at pale evening ... A tall slim tree ... Night coming tenderly Black like me Rest at pale evening ... A tall slim tree ... Night coming tenderly Black like me
Langston Hughes quotes: Your explanation depresses me," I said."Your nonsense depresses me," said Simple. Your explanation depresses me," I said.
"Your nonsense depresses me," said Simple.
Langston Hughes quotes: Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams ... Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams ...
Langston Hughes quotes: I swear to the Lord,I still can't see,Why Democracy means,Everybody but me. I swear to the Lord,I still can't see,Why Democracy means,Everybody but me.
Langston Hughes quotes: Let the rain sing you a lullaby. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
Langston Hughes quotes: God in his infinite wisdomDid not make me very wise-So when my actions are stupidThey hardly take God by surprise. God in his infinite wisdom
Did not make me very wise-
So when my actions are stupid
They hardly take God by surprise.
Langston Hughes quotes: My writing has been largely concerned with the depicting of Negro life in America. My writing has been largely concerned with the depicting of Negro life in America.
Langston Hughes quotes: Road's in front o' me, Nothin' to do but walk. Road's in front o' me, Nothin' to do but walk.
Langston Hughes quotes: Everything there is but lovin' leaves a rust on your old soul Everything there is but lovin' leaves a rust on your old soul
Langston Hughes quotes: LIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY!True anyhow no matter how manyLiars use those words. LIBERTY!
FREEDOM!
DEMOCRACY!
True anyhow no matter how many
Liars use those words.
Langston Hughes quotes: Of course Covarrubias wasn't a negro, but how he caught the darky spirit! Of course Covarrubias wasn't a negro, but how he caught the darky spirit!
Langston Hughes quotes: Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die. Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry
I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die.
Langston Hughes quotes: Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.
Langston Hughes quotes: This morning I paid seventy cents for two little old dried-up slivers of bacon and one cockeyed egg. It took me till noon to get my appetite back. This morning I paid seventy cents for two little old dried-up slivers of bacon and one cockeyed egg. It took me till noon to get my appetite back.
Langston Hughes quotes: To some peopleLove is given,To othersOnly Heaven. To some people
Love is given,
To others
Only Heaven.
Langston Hughes quotes: Pleasured equally In seeking as in finding, Each detail minding, Old Walt went seeking And finding. Pleasured equally In seeking as in finding, Each detail minding, Old Walt went seeking And finding.
Langston Hughes quotes: While over Alabama earth These words are gently spoken: Serve and hate will die unborn. Love and chains are broken. While over Alabama earth These words are gently spoken: Serve and hate will die unborn. Love and chains are broken.
Langston Hughes quotes: Most musicians remain poor. But the music that they make, even if it does not bring them millions, gives millions of people happiness. Most musicians remain poor. But the music that they make, even if it does not bring them millions, gives millions of people happiness.
Langston Hughes quotes: Gather up In the arms of your love - Those who expect No love from above. Gather up In the arms of your love - Those who expect No love from above.
Langston Hughes quotes: Life is a big sea full of many fish. I let down my nets and pulled. I'm still pulling. Life is a big sea full of many fish. I let down my nets and pulled. I'm still pulling.
Langston Hughes quotes: Everybody should take each other as they are, white, black, Indians, Creole. Then there would be no prejudice, nations would get along. Everybody should take each other as they are, white, black, Indians, Creole. Then there would be no prejudice, nations would get along.
Langston Hughes quotes: There is no color line in death. There is no color line in death.
Langston Hughes quotes: The sea is a desert of waves,A wilderness of water. The sea is a desert of waves,
A wilderness of water.
Langston Hughes quotes: Hang yourself, poet, in your own words. Otherwise, you are dead. Hang yourself, poet, in your own words.
Otherwise, you are dead.
Langston Hughes quotes: For my best poems were all written when I felt the worst. When I was happy, I didn't write anything. For my best poems were all written when I felt the worst. When I was happy, I didn't write anything.
Langston Hughes quotes: There's a certain amount of traveling in a dream deferred. There's a certain amount of traveling in a dream deferred.
Langston Hughes quotes: Negro blood is sure powerful, because just one drop of black blood makes a colored man. One dropyou are a Negro! ... Black is powerful. Negro blood is sure powerful, because just one drop of black blood makes a colored man. One drop
you are a Negro! ... Black is powerful.

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