Langston Hughes Quotes - Page 2

Then it was that books began to happen to me, and I began to believe in nothing but books and the wonderful world in books where if people suffered, they suffered in beautiful language, not in monosyllables, as we did in Kansas.

God in his infinite wisdom
Did not make me very wise-
So when my actions are stupid
They hardly take God by surprise.

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

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 go
life is a barren field
frozen with snow.

The Dream Keeper

Bring me all of your dreams,
You dreamer,
Bring me all your
Heart melodies
That I may wrap them
In a blue cloud-cloth
Away from the too-rough fingers
Of the world.

Freedom
Is a strong seed
Planted
In a great need.
I live here, too.
I want freedom
Just as you.

I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.