320 Quotes by Langston Hughes

Well, when Christ comes back this time, I hope He comes back mad His own self. I hope He drives the Jim Crowers out of their high places, every living last one of them from Washington to Texas.

For my best poems were all written when I felt the worst. When I was happy, I didn't write anything.

Life is a big sea full of many fish. I let down my nets and pulled. I'm still pulling.

Wear it Like a banner For the proud? Not like a shroud.

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.

I stuck my head out the window this morning and spring kissed me bang in the face.

The calm, Cool face of the river, Asked me for a kiss

Humor is laughing at what you haven’t got when you ought to have it.

Books -where if people suffered, they suffered in beautiful language, not in monosyllables, as we did in Kansas.