Langston Hughes citáty

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Langston Hughes

Dátum narodenia: 1. február 1902
Dátum úmrtia: 22. máj 1967
Ďalšie mená:لنقستون هیوز,James Langston Hughes

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Langston Hughes bol americký básnik, sociálny aktivista, románopisec, dramatik a publicista, predstaviteľ harlemskej renesancie.

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Citáty Langston Hughes

„Drž sa svojich snov pevne: pretože ak sny zomrú, Život zostane ako vták so zlomenými krídlami, ktorý nemôže lietať. Drž sa svojich snov pevne, pretože ak sny zomrú, Život je neúrodným poľom zamrznutým pod snehom.“

— Langston Hughes

O vtákoch, život, o jedlu, o snoch

„When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.“

— Langston Hughes

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„Hold fast to dreams
for if dreams die
life is a broken-winged bird
that can not fly.

Hold fast to dreams
for when dreams go
life is a barren field
frozen with snow.“

— Langston Hughes, The Collected Poems

„Folks, I'm telling you,
birthing is hard
and dying is mean-
so get yourself
a little loving
in between.“

— Langston Hughes

„Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.“

— Langston Hughes
"Dreams," from the anthology Golden Slippers: An Anthology of Negro Poetry for Young Readers, ed. Arna Bontemps (1941)

„Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.“

— Langston Hughes, The Collected Poems

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

— Langston Hughes

„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.“

— Langston Hughes

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

— Langston Hughes
"A Note on Humor", from The Book of Negro Humor https://books.google.com/books?id=60FkAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Humor+is+laughing+at+what+you+haven%27t+got+when+you+ought+to+have+it.%22, p. vii (1966)

„The steel of freedom does not stain.
From those who live like leeches on the people's lives,
We must take back our land again,
America!“

— Langston Hughes
Context: Sure, call me any ugly name you choose — The steel of freedom does not stain. From those who live like leeches on the people's lives, We must take back our land again, America!

„What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?“

— Langston Hughes
Context: What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore — And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over — like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? "Harlem"

„I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.“

— Langston Hughes
Context: I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. "I, Too, Sing America," in the magazine Survey Graphic (March 1925); reprinted in Selected Poems (1959)

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„You are white —
yet a part of me, as I am a part of you.“

— Langston Hughes
Context: You are white — yet a part of me, as I am a part of you. That’s American. Sometimes perhaps you don’t want to be a part of me. Nor do I often want to be a part of you. But we are, that’s true! As I learn from you, I guess you learn from me — although you’re older — and white — and somewhat more free. "Theme from English B"