This morning I paid seventy cents for two little old dried-up slivers of bacon and one cockeyed egg. It took me till noon to get my appetite back.
LANGSTON HUGHESLove is a naked shadow, On a gnarled and naked tree.
More Langston Hughes Quotes
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A picture, to be an interesting picture, must be more than a picture, otherwise it is only a reproduction of an object, and not an object of value in itself.
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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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Folks, I’m telling you, birthing is hard and dying is mean- so get yourself a little loving in between.
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Love is a naked shadow, On a gnarled and naked tree.
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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 aren?t it doesn?t matter.
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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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Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
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Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
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Words Like Freedom There are words like Freedom Sweet and wonderful to say. On my heartstrings freedom sings All day everyday. There are words like Liberty That almost make me cry. If you had known what I know You would know why.
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Both of them were very good and kind – the one who went to church and the one who didn’t. And no doubt from them I learned to like both Christians and sinners equally well.
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For poems are like rainbows; they escape you quickly.
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Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.
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Cheap little rhymes A cheap little tune Are sometimes as dangerous As a sliver of the moon.
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Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro – and beautiful!
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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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