Langston Hughes - Deferred Quotes

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What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore —
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over —
like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load. Or does it explode?

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Daddy, daddy, daddy,
All I want is you.
You can have me, baby —
but my lovin' days is through.
A certain amount
of impotence
in a dream deferred.

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Dream within a dream,
Our dream deferred.
Good morning, daddy!
Ain't you heard?

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What happens
to a dream deferred?
Daddy, ain't you heard?

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There's a certain
amount of traveling
in a dream deferred.

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Why should it be my loneliness,
Why should it be my song,
Why should it be my dream
deferred
overlong?

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A certain amount
of nothing
in a dream deferred.

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Good morning, daddy!
Ain't you heard
The boogie-woogie rumble
Of a dream deferred?

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Good evening, daddy
I know you've heard
The boogie-woogie rumble
Of a dream deferred

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