Hughes

Famous quotes containing the word hughes:

    “I could take the Harlem night
    and wrap around you,
    Take the neon lights and make a crown,
    Take the Lenox Avenue buses,
    Taxis, subways,
    And for your love song tone their rumble down.”
    —Langston Hughes (1902–1967)

    “Life isn’t all beer and skittles, but beer and skittles, or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every Englishman’s education.”
    —Thomas Hughes (1822–1896)

    “They’ll see how beautiful I am
    And be ashamed—

    I, too, am America.”
    —Langston Hughes (1902–1967)