Selected Poems

Langston Hughes

Top 10 Best Quotes

“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.”

“So since I'm still here livin', I guess I will live on. I could've died for love-- But for livin' I was born.”

“The sea is a desert of waves, A wilderness of water.”

“ Out of love, No regrets-- Though the goodness Be wasted forever. Out of love, No regrets-- Though the return Be never.”

“I will take your heart. I will take your soul out of your body As though I were God. I will not be satisfied With the little words you say to me. I will not be satisfied With the touch of your hand Nor the sweet of your lips alone. I will take your heart for mine. I will take your soul. I will be God when it comes to you.”

“Island Wave of sorrow, Do not drown me now: I see the island Still ahead somehow. I see the island And its sands are fair: Wave of sorrow, Take me there.”

“Tell all my mourners To mourn in red- Cause there ain't no sense In my bein' dead.”

“Final Curve When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left”

“The speaker catches fire looking at their faces. His words jump down to stand in listener's places.”

“Joe has sense enough to know He is a god. So many gods don't know.”

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