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Books -where if people suffered, they suffered in beautiful language, not in monosyllables.

Langston Hughes

Folks, I’m telling you, birthing is hard and dying is mean- so get yourself a little loving in between.
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Born Death Hard Love Yourself
Gather up In the arms of your love—Those who expect No love from above.
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Expectation Love Yourself
The past has been a mint Of blood and sorrow. That must not be True of tomorrow.
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Blood Past Sorrow Tomorrow True
An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.
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Afraid Artist Choice Fear Freedom
Everything there is but lovin’ leaves a rust on your old soul.
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Leaving Love Old Soul Yourself
Keep your hand on the plow. Hold on.
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Hands Hold On Yourself
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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Blind Body Eyes Hands Inspirational Mindset Motivational Power See World
Books -where if people suffered, they suffered in beautiful language, not in monosyllables.
LANGSTON HUGHES

Beautiful Book Language People Suffering
The calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss.
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Calm Cool Face Kiss Myself River
Life is a big sea full of many fish. I let down my nets and pulled. I’m still pulling.
LANGSTON HUGHES

Big Life Myself
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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Change Difference Help Practical Time Transformation Writing
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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Acceptance Black Blood Inspirational Powerful
Blues had the pulse beat of the people who keep on going.
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Hard Time Inspirational Motivational People
Sometimes a crumb falls From the tables of joy, Sometimes a bone Is flung. To some people Love is given, To others Only heaven.
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Heaven Love Time
I wish the rent Was heaven sent.
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Heaven Myself
Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.
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Death Life Live Music Note

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