Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
Langston HughesI will not take 'but' for an answer. Negroes have been looking at democracy's 'but' too long.
Langston HughesBelieving everything she read In the daily news, (No in-between to choose) She thought that only One side won, Not that BOTH Might lose.
Langston HughesWell, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.
Langston HughesWell, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor -- Bare. But all the time I'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's, And turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the dark Where there ain't been no light. So boy, don't you turn back. Don't you set down on the steps 'Cause you finds it's kinder hard. Don't you fall now -- For I'se still goin', honey, I'se still climbin', And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.
Langston Hughes