Hold fast to dreams,For if dreams dieLife is a broken-winged... - Langston Hughes

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

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

"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."

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

"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."