Reading was like a drug, a dope. The novels created moods in which I lived for days.
Richard Wright, Black Boy
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David by the lamppost, 1952.
Photo: Roy de Carava via the Howard Greenberg Gallery
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If you possess enough courage to speak out what you are, you will find you are not alone.
Richard Wright, Black Boy
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The artist and the politician stand at opposite poles. The artist enhances life by his prolonged concentration upon it, while the politician emphasizes the impersonal aspect of life by his attempts to fit men into groups.
Richard Wright, Black Boy
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@iamsnakeninja by @jeremielouie
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