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 HUGHESLove is a naked shadow, On a gnarled and naked tree.
More Langston Hughes Quotes
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Life is a system of half-truths and lies, Opportunistic, convenient evasion.
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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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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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To create a market for your writing you have to be consistent, professional, a continuing writer – not just a one-article or a one-story or a one-book man.
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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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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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Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
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Politics can be the graveyard of the poet. And only poetry can be his resurrection.
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I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.
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Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
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My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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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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Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro – and beautiful!
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Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
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That Justice is a blind goddess Is a thing to which we black are wise: Her bandage hides two festering sores That once perhaps were eyes.
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