Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Langston Hughes Novelist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Feb 1, 1902
  • Died: May 22, 1967

James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry. Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that "the negro was in vogue", which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem was in vogue".

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

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. nature

Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind. change

Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying. beauty, happiness & nature

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

Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. dreams

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

Mother's Day May 12, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 more quotes from Robert Browning

22 more quotes from Robert Browning

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. 53 other views from Honore de Balzac

53 other views from Honore de Balzac

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 quotes from Isadora Duncan

5 quotes from Isadora Duncan

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 other wisdom & wit from Henry Ward Beecher

58 other wisdom & wit from Henry Ward Beecher