I stuck my head out the window this morning and spring kissed me bang in the face.
Langston Hughes Quotes
Come, Let us roam the night together singing, I love you. Across The Harlem roof-tops Moon is shining. Night sky is blue. Stars are great drops Of golden dew. Down the street A band is playing… Come, Let us roam the night together Singing.
Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.
Humor is laughing at what you haven’t got when you ought to have it.
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. Or does it explode?
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.
I swear to the Lord I still can’t see Why Democracy means Everybody but me.
I will not take “but” for an answer.
Negroes – Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day – They change their mind.
I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to the kitchen when company comes But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong.