Wells Quotes by Langston Hughes

8 Wells quotes by Langston Hughes

Hughes’ lyrical cadence appears in this compact set of eight well‑related lines, each one a brief, resonant note on the unseen beats that shape life. Though short, they echo his poetic rhythm and social insight.

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One of the great difficulties about being a member of a minority race is that so many kindhearted, well-meaning bores gather around…

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Well, when Christ comes back this time, I hope He comes back mad His own self. I hope He drives the Jim…

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Americans of good-will, the nice decent church people, the well-meaning liberals, the good hearted souls who themselves wouldn't lynch anyone, must begin…

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I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen when company comes, but I laugh, and eat well,…

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Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. It's had tacks in it, And splinters, And boards…

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Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.

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Both of them were very good and kind - the one who went to church and the one who didn't. And no…

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I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I…

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Good morning, daddy! Ain't you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? • • • • You think It's a happy beat?

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I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe.

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Words Like Freedom There are words like Freedom Sweet and wonderful to say. On my heartstrings freedom sings All day everyday. There are words…

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Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying.

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“In America the magazines in which one can frequently publish stories or poems about Negroes are very few, and most of these do not…

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Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people - the beauty within themselves.

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Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Do you know that there are libraries in our country…

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We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.

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“Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird that can not fly. Hold fast to dreams for when dreams…

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Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows, Help us to see That without the dust the rainbow Would not be.

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I loved my friend He went away from me There's nothing more to say The poem ends, Soft as it began- I loved my…

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The Jewish people and the Negro people both know the meaning of Nordic supremacy. We have both looked into the eyes of terror.

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