01UndatedLife is for the living.Death is for the dead.Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.Langston Hughes / quote ↗
02UndatedWell, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love.I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.Langston Hughes / quote ↗
03UndatedOh, God of Dust and Rainbows,Help us to seeThat without the dust the rainbowWould not be.Langston Hughes / quote ↗
04UndatedSo since I'm still here livin',I guess I will live on.I could've died for love--But for livin' I was born.Langston Hughes / quote ↗
05UndatedHumor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.Langston Hughes / quote ↗
06UndatedYet 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 / quote ↗
07UndatedLIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY!True anyhow no matter how manyLiars use those words.Langston Hughes / quote ↗
08UndatedHold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly.Langston Hughes / quote ↗
09UndatedI 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 Hughes / quote ↗
10UndatedThough 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 / quote ↗
11UndatedLooks like what drives me crazyDon't have no effect on you--But I'm gonna keep on at itTill it drives you crazy, too.Langston Hughes / quote ↗
12UndatedCheap little rhymesA cheap little tuneAre sometimes as dangerousAs a sliver of the moon.Langston Hughes / quote ↗
13UndatedOut of love,No regrets--Though the goodnessBe wasted forever.Out of love,No regrets--Though the returnBe never.Langston Hughes / quote ↗
14UndatedPleasured equallyIn seeking as in finding,Each detail minding,Old Walt went seekingAnd finding.Langston Hughes / quote ↗
16UndatedGood morning, daddy!Ain't you heardThe boogie-woogie rumbleOf a dream deferred?Listen closely:You'll hear their feetBeating out and beating out a -You thinkIt's a happy beat?Listen to it closely:Ain't you heardsomething underneathlike a -What did I say?Sure,I'm happy!Take it away!Dream BoogieHey, pop!Re-bop!Mop!Y-e-a-h!Langston Hughes / quote ↗
17UndatedI stay cool, and dig all jive,That's the way I stay alive.My motto, as I live and learn, isDig and be dugIn return.Langston Hughes / quote ↗
18UndatedI have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.Langston Hughes / quote ↗
19UndatedHold fast to dreamsfor if dreams dielife is a broken-winged birdthat can not fly.Hold fast to dreamsfor when dreams golife is a barren fieldfrozen with snow.Langston Hughes / quote ↗
20UndatedGod in his infinite wisdomDid not make me very wise-So when my actions are stupidThey hardly take God by surprise.Langston Hughes / quote ↗
21UndatedI'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 / quote ↗
22UndatedI will take your heart.I will take your soul out of your bodyAs though I were God.I will not be satisfiedWith the little words you say to me.I will not be satisfiedWith the touch of your handNor the sweet of your lips alone.I will take your heart for mine.I will take your soul.I will be God when it comes to you.Langston Hughes / quote ↗
23UndatedWords Like FreedomThere are words like FreedomSweet and wonderful to say.On my heartstrings freedom singsAll day everyday.There are words like LibertyThat almost make me cry.If you had known what I knowYou would know why.Langston Hughes / quote ↗
