Langston Hughes — "Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death…"
Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid.
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From his poem 'Life is Fine,' a philosophical and somewhat macabre, yet lyrical, take on life and death, emphasizing embracing life despite hardship.
Date: 1949
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