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Langston Hughes

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

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

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

„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

„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

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

— Langston Hughes

„Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love.

I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.“

— Langston Hughes

„I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.“

— Langston Hughes

„I loved my friend
He went away from me
There's nothing more to say
The poem ends,
Soft as it began-
I loved my friend.“

— Langston Hughes

„Looks like what drives me crazy
Don't have no effect on you--
But I'm gonna keep on at it
Till it drives you crazy, too.“

— Langston Hughes
Selected Poems

„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?“

— Langston Hughes
The Collected Poems

„I stay cool, and dig all jive,
That's the way I stay alive.
My motto,
as I live and learn,
is
Dig and be dug
In return.“

— Langston Hughes

„Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows,
Help us to see
That without the dust the rainbow
Would not be.“

— Langston Hughes

„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.

Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.

Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed--

I, too, am America.“

— Langston Hughes

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