Hughes Won

Famous quotes containing the words hughes and/or won:

    “Clean the spittoons.
    The steam in hotel kitchens,
    And the smoke in hotel lobbies,
    And the slime in hotel spittoons:
    Part of my life.”
    —Langston Hughes (1902–1967)

    “For sleeping, like death,
    Must be won without pride,
    With a nod from nature,
    With a lack of strain,
    And a loss of stature.”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)