Langston Hughes
(1902-1967)

African-American Writer

birthdate: February 1
birthplace:
Joplin, Missouri

QUOTES

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.

“Hold fast to dreams, for when dreams go, life is a barren field, frozen with snow.”

a dream deferred is a dream denied.”

When people care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.

I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.”

“What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun? . . . Or does it explode?”

Let America be America, where equality is in the air we breathe.

I swear to the Lord
I still can't see
Why Democracy means
Everybody but me.

 

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