More quotes by Langston Hughes

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