Langston Hughes Quotes

"When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul."
-Langston Hughes in People quotes.

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

"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."
-Langston Hughes in Dreams quotes.

"An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose."
-Langston Hughes

"Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby."
-Langston Hughes

"I will not take "but" for an answer."
-Langston Hughes

"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."
-Langston Hughes in Life quotes.