Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
Langston Hughes
Nature, Comfort, Poetry, Emotional Solace, Sensory Experience
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Personal History | Aspirations | Wonder | Black Experience | Struggle | American Identity | Artistic Inspiration | Health | Transience | Human Connection | Housing | Life Journey | Endurance | Childhood Memory | Privilege | Artistic Impact | Philosophical Reflection | Human Goodness | Historical Trauma | Responsibility | More
More Langston Hughes Quotes
“Summer was made to give you a taste of what hell is like. Winter was made for landladies to charge high rents and keep cold radiators and make a fortune off of poor tenants.” Langston Hughes
Seasons, Poverty, Struggle, Economic Hardship, Social Critique
Langston Hughes Seasons, Poverty, Struggle, Economic Hardship, Social Critique“The depression brought everybody down a peg or two. And the Negro had but few pegs to fall.” Langston Hughes
Depression, Inequality, Racial Commentary, Economic Struggle, Social Critique
Langston Hughes Depression, Inequality, Racial Commentary, Economic Struggle, Social Critique“The rhythm of life is a jazz rhythm.” Langston Hughes
Jazz, Life, Rhythm, Cultural Metaphor, Artistic Philosophy
Langston Hughes Jazz, Life, Rhythm, Cultural Metaphor, Artistic Philosophy“We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.” Langston Hughes
Racism, Censorship, Writing, Black Experience, Social Criticism
Langston Hughes Racism, Censorship, Writing, Black Experience, Social Criticism“I stuck my head out the window this morning and spring kissed me bang in the face.” Langston Hughes
Spring, Joy, Nature, Sensory Experience, Poetic Expression
Langston Hughes Spring, Joy, Nature, Sensory Experience, Poetic Expression“The Jewish people and the Negro people both know the meaning of Nordic supremacy. We have both looked into the eyes of terror.” Langston Hughes
Racism, Oppression, Solidarity, Shared Experience, Historical Trauma
Langston Hughes Racism, Oppression, Solidarity, Shared Experience, Historical Trauma“She worked for the Studevants, who treated her like a dog. She stood it. Had to stand it; or work for poorer white folks who would treat her worse; or go jobless.” Langston Hughes
Racial Discrimination, Labor, Survival, Injustice, Limited Choices
Langston Hughes Racial Discrimination, Labor, Survival, Injustice, Limited Choices“Around the world-even in places where there is almost nothing, the rich, the beautiful, the talented, or the very clever can always get something; in fact, the best of whatever there is.” Langston Hughes
Inequality, Privilege, Global Perspective, Social Critique, Human Nature
Langston Hughes Inequality, Privilege, Global Perspective, Social Critique, Human Nature“Teach us all to do right, Lord, please, and to get along together with that atom bomb on this earth because I do not want it to fall on me-nor Thee-nor anybody living. Amen!” Langston Hughes
Prayer, Peace, Nuclear Threat, Morality, Human Unity
Langston Hughes Prayer, Peace, Nuclear Threat, Morality, Human Unity“My writing has been largely concerned with the depicting of Negro life in America.” Langston Hughes
Writing, Representation, African American, Cultural Narrative, Social Documentation
Langston Hughes Writing, Representation, African American, Cultural Narrative, Social Documentation“I live in Harlem, New York City. I am unmarried. I like 'Tristan,' goat's milk, short novels, lyric poems, heat, simple folk, boats and bullfights; I dislike 'Aida,' parsnips, long novels, narrative poems, cold, pretentious folk, buses and bridges.” Langston Hughes
Personal Preferences, Self-description, Likes And Dislikes, Artistic Tastes, Lifestyle
Langston Hughes Personal Preferences, Self-description, Likes And Dislikes, Artistic Tastes, Lifestyle“Oh, my land, my friends, I am no Communist, I am no foreigner, I am the same man, tired, hungry, poor, my tax there helped you win in war.” Langston Hughes
Identity, Struggle, Poverty, Patriotism, Socio-economic Commentary
Langston Hughes Identity, Struggle, Poverty, Patriotism, Socio-economic Commentary“Never look for a worm in the apple of your eye.” Langston Hughes
Love, Trust, Relationships, Metaphor, Wisdom
Langston Hughes Love, Trust, Relationships, Metaphor, Wisdom“When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.” Langston Hughes
Support, Human Connection, Empathy, Emotional Healing, Community
Langston Hughes Support, Human Connection, Empathy, Emotional Healing, Community“Who said I want to go to war? If I do, it ain't the same war the President wants to go to. No, sir, I been hanging on a rope in Alabama too long.” Langston Hughes
War, Racism, Politics, Social Injustice, Personal Protest
Langston Hughes War, Racism, Politics, Social Injustice, Personal Protest“A picture, to be an interesting picture, must be more than a picture, otherwise it is only a reproduction of an object, and not an object of value in itself.” Langston Hughes
Art, Value, Creativity, Artistic Philosophy, Visual Expression
Langston Hughes Art, Value, Creativity, Artistic Philosophy, Visual Expression“I am so tired of waiting, aren't you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind?” Langston Hughes
Impatience, Hope, Idealism, Social Change, Frustration
Langston Hughes Impatience, Hope, Idealism, Social Change, Frustration“I was unhappy for a long time, and very lonesome, living with my grandmother. Then it was that books began to happen to me, and I began to believe in nothing but books and the wonderful world in books – where if people suffered, they suffered in beautiful language, not in monosyllables, as we did in Kansas.” Langston Hughes
Books, Loneliness, Escape, Literary World, Personal Growth
Langston Hughes Books, Loneliness, Escape, Literary World, Personal Growth