The first of the month falls every month, too, North or South. And them white folks who sends bills never forgets to send them-the phone bill, the furniture bill, the water bill, the gas bill, insurance, house rent.
LANGSTON HUGHESBut there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do. There’s a song that says, “the time ain’t long.” That song is right. Something has got to change in America-and change soon. We must help that change to come.
More Langston Hughes Quotes
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I look at my own body With eyes no longer blind- And I see that my own hands can make The world that’s in my mind.
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The calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss.
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What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?
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Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.
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Folks, I’m telling you, birthing is hard and dying is mean- so get yourself a little loving in between.
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Gather quickly Out of darkness All the songs you know And throw them at the sun Before they melt Like snow.
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I don’t dare start thinking in the morning. I don’t dare start thinking in the morning. If I thought thoughts in bed, Them thoughts would bust my head– So I don’t dare start thinking in the morning.
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Everybody should take each other as they are, white, black, Indians, Creole. Then there would be no prejudice, nations would get along.
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I dream a world… where wretchedness will hang its head and joy, like a pearl, attends the needs of all mankind. Of such I dream, my world!
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Never look for a worm in the apple of your eye.
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Pleasured equally In seeking as in finding, Each detail minding, Old Walt went seeking And finding.
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A dog gets lonesome just like a human. He wants to associate with other dogs, but when they take him out, the poor dog is on a leash and cannot run around.
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If you want to honor me, give some young boy or girl who’s coming along trying to create arts and write and compose and sing and act and paint and dance and make something out of the beauties of the Negro race-give that child some help.
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Gather up In the arms of your love—Those who expect No love from above.
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Love is a naked shadow, On a gnarled and naked tree.
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