Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
Langston HughesThough you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry-- I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die.
Langston HughesI'm so tired of waiting, aren't you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind?
Langston HughesAmericans of good-will, the nice decent church people, the well-meaning liberals, the good hearted souls who themselves wouldn't lynch anyone, must begin to realize that they have to be more than passively good-hearted, more than church goingly Christian, and much more than word-of-mouth in the liberalism.
Langston Hughes