"Though you may hear me holler,And you may see me cry--I'll be dogged, sweet baby,If you gonna see me die."
- Langston Hughes
"Looks like what drives me crazyDon't have no effect on you--But I'm gonna keep on at itTill it drives you crazy, too."
"Cheap little rhymesA cheap little tuneAre sometimes as dangerousAs a sliver of the moon."
"Out of love,No regrets--Though the goodnessBe wasted forever.Out of love,No regrets--Though the returnBe never."
"Pleasured equallyIn seeking as in finding,Each detail minding,Old Walt went seekingAnd finding."
"What happens to a dream deferred?"
"Good morning, daddy!Ain't you heardThe boogie-woogie rumbleOf a dream deferred?Listen closely:You'll hear their feetBeating out and beating out a -You thinkIt's a happy beat?Listen to it closely:Ain't..."
"I stay cool, and dig all jive,That's the way I stay alive.My motto, as I live and learn, isDig and be dugIn return."
"I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go."
"Hold fast to dreamsfor if dreams dielife is a broken-winged birdthat can not fly.Hold fast to dreamsfor when dreams golife is a barren fieldfrozen with snow."