Langston Hughes Quotes - Page 2

I went down to the river,I set down on the bank.I tried to think but couldn't, So I jumped in and sank.

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Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry--I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die.

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LIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY!True anyhow no matter how manyLiars use those words.

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I stay cool, and dig all jive, That's the way I stay alive. My motto, as I live and learn, isDig and be dugIn return.

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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 torn up, And places with no carpet on the floor --Bare. But all the timeI'se been a-climbin' on, And reachin' landin's, And turnin' corners, And sometimes goin' in the darkWhere there ain't been no light. So boy, don't you turn back. Don't you set down on the steps'Cause you finds it's kinder hard. Don't you fall now --For I'se still goin', honey,I'se still climbin', And life for me ain't been no crystal stair.

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Out of love, No regrets--Though the goodnessBe wasted forever. Out of love, No regrets--Though the returnBe never.

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I don't dare start thinking in the morning.I don't dare start thinking in the morning. If I thought thoughts in bed, Them thoughts would bust my head--So I don't dare start thinking in the morning.

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Good morning, daddy!Ain't you heardThe boogie-woogie rumbleOf a dream deferred?Listen closely: You'll hear their feetBeating out and beating out a -You thinkIt's a happy beat?Listen to it closely: Ain't you heardsomething underneathlike a -What did I say?Sure,I'm happy!Take it away!Dream BoogieHey, pop!Re-bop!Mop!Y-e-a-h!

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