"Good evening, daddy! Ain't you heard The..." - Quote by Langston Hughes
Good evening, daddy! Ain't you heard The boogie-woogie rumble Of a dream deferred? Trilling the treble And twining the bass Into midnight ruffles Of cat-gut lace.
More by Langston Hughes
“Life is an egg you have to be patient and careful with it or it will break.”
“I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.”
“One of the great needs of Negro children is to have books about themselves and their lives that can help them be proud.”
More on Dreams
“I was not born to get stuff done. I was born to dream it and then move towards it.”
“The dream reveals the reality which conception lags behind. That is the horror of life-the terror of art.”
“To be a human being is to be in a state of tension between your appetites and your dreams, and the social realities around you and your obligations to your fellow man.”