India, Feb. 1 -- February 1 marks the birth anniversary of Langston Hughes, one of the most influential voices of the Harlem Renaissance. In honour of his legacy, today's quote of the day comes from his short but enduring poem "Dreams":

"Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams

For when dreams go

Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow."

First published in 1923 in The World Tomorrow magazine, during the height of the Harlem Renaissance, and later included in his 1932 collection, The Dream Keeper and Other Poems, Dreams reflects the poet's lifelong preoccupation with hope, survival and the interior lives of marginalised people. Writing at a time when Black Americans we...