I asked you, baby, If you understood- You told me that you didn't, But you thought you would. Langston Hughes More Quotes by Langston Hughes More Quotes From Langston Hughes America never was America to me And yet I swear this oath - America will be! Langston Hughes breaking-silenceoathamerica Because my mouth Is wide with laughter And my throat Is deep with song, You do not think I suffer after I have held my pain So long? Because my mouth Is wide with laughter You do not hear My inner cry? Because my feet Are gay with dancing You do not know I die? Langston Hughes laughterpainsong Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. I like to work, read, learn, and understand life. Langston Hughes drinksleepthinking Go home and write / a page tonight. / And let that page come out of you - / Then, it will be true. Langston Hughes tonighthomewriting 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 to realize that they have to be more than passively good-hearted, more than church goingly Christian, and much more than word-of-mouth in the liberalism. Langston Hughes nicechristianpeople I dream a world... where wretchedness will hang its head and joy, like a pearl, attends the needs of all mankind. Of such I dream, my world! Langston Hughes dreamjoyneeds When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul. Langston Hughes weddingsoulpeople Gather out of star-dust, Earth-dust, Cloud-dust, Storm-dust, And splinters of hail, One handful of dream-dust, Not for sale. Langston Hughes starsdreamclouds A dream deferred is a dream denied. Langston Hughes denieddream Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear. Langston Hughes democracytodayyears LIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY! True anyhow no matter how many Liars use those words. Langston Hughes democracylibertyliars Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. Langston Hughes humorsummerrain Gather quickly Langston Hughes darknesssongsnow There is no color line in death. I swear to the lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me. O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath - America will be! I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe. Langston Hughes rockscolormean I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe. Langston Hughes toesrocksfreedom Road's in front o' me, Nothin' to do but walk. Langston Hughes frontswalkswalking Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows, Help us to see That without the dust the rainbow Would not be. Langston Hughes rainbowdusthelping 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 load. Or does it explode? Langston Hughes dreamrunningsweet My soul has grown deep like the rivers. Langston Hughes environmentalsoulrivers I stay cool, and dig all jive, That's the way I stay alive. My motto, as I live and learn, is Dig and be dug In return. Langston Hughes returnaliveway
