Sometimes a crumb falls From the tables of joy, Sometimes a bone Is flung. To some people Love is given, To others Only heaven.
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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There is no color line in art.
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Everything there is but lovin’ leaves a rust on your old soul.
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Road’s in front o’ me, Nothin’ to do but walk.
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Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed – Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.
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If the government can set aside some spot for a elk to be a elk without being bothered, or a buffalo to be a buffalo without being shot down, there ought to be some place where a Negro can be a Negro without being Jim Crowed.
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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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LIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY! True anyhow no matter how many Liars use those words.
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My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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Life is an egg you have to be patient and careful with it or it will break.
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But 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.
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The calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss.
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Peace We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark They could not see Who had gained The victory.
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Misery is when you heard on the radio that the neighborhood you live in is a slum but you always thought it was home.
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Life is a big sea full of many fish. I let down my nets and pulled. I’m still pulling.
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I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe.
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