Langston Hughes

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

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

"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."

"Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you."

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