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Langston Hughes Quotes

«Hold fast to your dreams, for without them life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.»
«Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die, Life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly, Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams go, Life is a barren field, Frozen with snow»
«Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.»
Author: Langston Hughes (Essayist, Poet, Writer) | About: Dreams | Keywords: hold fast
«Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.»
«I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.»
«When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.»
«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 lead»
«An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.»
«Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind»
«Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it.»
Author: Langston Hughes (Essayist, Poet, Writer) | About: Humor

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