"So since I'm still here livin', I..." - Quote by Langston Hughes

“If the government can set aside some spot for a elk to be a elk without being bothered, or a buffalo to be a buffalo without being shot down, there ought to be some place where a Negro can be a Negro without being Jim Crowed.”

“Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be.”

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

“Build, therefore, your own world. As fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind, that will unfold it's great proportions.”

“The pursuit of pleasure must be the goal of every rational person.”

“People think life is real complicated. Actually, there's nothing to it. Once you leave out all the bullshit they teach you in school, life gets really simple.”

“My dear, In the midst of hate, I found there was, within me, an invincible love. In the midst of tears, I found there was, within me, an invincible smile. In the midst of chaos, I found there was, within me, an invincible calm. I realized, through it all, that… In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back. Truly yours, Albert Camus”

“Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.”

“When a man says to me, "I have the intensest love of nature," at once I know that he has none.”