“ Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying. Langston Hughes
“ I've known rivers:I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.My soul has grown deep like the rivers. Langston Hughes
“ Good morning, daddy!Ain't you heardThe boogie-woogie rumbleOf a dream deferred?Listen closely:You'll hear their feetBeating out and beating out a -You thinkIt's a happy beat?Listen to it closely:Ain't… Langston Hughes
“ My old man's a white old manAnd my old mother's black.If ever I cursed my white old manI take my curses back.If ever I cursed my black old motherAnd wished she were in hell,I'm sorry for that evil wis… Langston Hughes
“ Cheap little rhymesA cheap little tuneAre sometimes as dangerousAs a sliver of the moon. Langston Hughes
“ Pleasured equallyIn seeking as in finding,Each detail minding,Old Walt went seekingAnd finding. Langston Hughes
“ 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
“ 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
“ We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We kno… Langston Hughes
“ 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
“ I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn I dream a world where all Will know sweet freedom's way, Where greed no longer saps the sou… Langston Hughes
“ Sometimes a crumb fallsFrom the tables of joy, Sometimes a boneIs flung.To some peopleLove is given, To othersOnly heaven. Langston Hughes
“ Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. Langston Hughes
“ 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
“ Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.- Langston Hughes
