Death Quote by Langston Hughes — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

““Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows,”

“Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows,”

“Out of love,”

“So since I'm still here livin',”

“Yet the ivory gods, And the ebony gods, And the gods of diamond-jade, Are only silly puppet gods That people themselves Have made.-”

“The sea is a desert of waves,”

“The poetry you could write about Rufus helping me out of my grave isn't lost on me.”

“O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!”

“But I couldn’t help thinking—Who the hell eats bats? Probably nothing.”

“Give me a meaningful love or a beautiful death!”

“The theology of the average colored church is basing itself far too much upon 'Hell and Damnation'—upon an attempt to scare people into being decent and threatening them with the terrors of death and punishment.”

“I have no fear of the dead. Indeed in my own limited experience I have found them to produce in me a feeling that is quite the opposite of fear. A dead body is much more fascinating than a live one and I have learned that most corpses tell better stories. I’d had the good fortune of seeing several of them in my time.”