Langston Hughes

"Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly."

"Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly."

"Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.-"

"Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.-"

"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."

"Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows,Help us to seeThat without the dust the rainbowWould not be."

"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."

"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."

"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."

"Cheap little rhymesA cheap little tuneAre sometimes as dangerousAs a sliver of the moon."

"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."

"Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love.I like to work, read, learn, and understand life."

"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."

"Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly."

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

"An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose."

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

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

"Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged bird,That cannot fly."

"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."