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Langston Hughes quotes

American Poet February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967

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Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death, The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies, We, the people, must redeem The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers. The mountains and the endless plain-- All, all the stretch of these great green states-- And make America again! Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes quote: "Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and..."
Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes quote: "I stuck my head out the window this morning and spring kissed..."
I stuck my head out the window this morning and spring kissed me bang in the face. Langston Hughes
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. Langston Hughes
Lawrence has a wonderful hill in it, with a university on top and the first time I ran away from home, I ran up the hill and looked across the world: Kansas wheat fields and the Kaw River, and I wanted to go some place, too. I got a whipping for it. Langston Hughes
I've been scared and battered. My hopes the wind done scattered. Snow has friz me, Sun has baked me, Looks like between 'em they done Tried to make me Stop laughin', stop lovin', stop livin'-- But I don't care! I'm still here! Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes quote: "Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry--I'll be..."
Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry--I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die. Langston Hughes
I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes quote: "Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows, Help us to see. That without the..."
Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows, Help us to see. That without the dust the rainbow. Would not be. Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes quote: "There is no color line in death."
There is no color line in death. Langston Hughes
Believing everything she read. In the daily news,(No in-between to choose)She thought that only. One side won, Not that BOTHMight lose. Langston Hughes
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes quote: "When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten..."
When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul. Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes quote: "Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with..."
Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. Langston Hughes
Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.- Langston Hughes

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