Good morning, Revolution: You're the very best friend I ever had. We gonna pal around together from now on
Langston HughesLike a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
Langston HughesFolks, I'm telling you, birthing is hard and dying is mean- so get yourself a little loving in between.
Langston HughesWe build our temples for tomorrow, strong as we know how, and we stand on top of the mountain, free within ourselves.
Langston HughesI 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.
Langston HughesThrough my grandmother's stories always life moved, moved heroically toward an end. Nobody ever cried in my grandmother's stories. They worked, or schemed, or fought. But no crying. When my grandmother died, I didn't cry, either. Something about my grandmother's stories (without her ever having said so) taught me the uselessness of crying about anything."
Langston Hughes