Quotes By Author: Langston Hughes

“The sea is a desert of waves,A wilderness of water.”

“Out of love,No regrets–Though the goodnessBe wasted forever.Out of love,No regrets–Though the returnBe never.”

“So since I’m still here livin’,I guess I will live on.I could’ve died for love–But for livin’ I was born.”

“HarlemWhat 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?”

“Looks like what drives me crazyDon’t have no effect on you–But I’m gonna keep on at itTill it drives you crazy, too.”

“Life is for the living.Death is for the dead.Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.”