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Richard Wright quotes

American Novelist September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960

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...it was no longer a matter of whether I would steal or lie or murder; it was a simple, urgent matter of public pride, a matter of how much I had in common with other people. Richard Wright
Goddamnit, look! We live here and they live there. We black and they white. They got things and we ain't. They do things and we can't. It's just like livin' in jail. Richard Wright
Pity can purge us of hostility and arouse feelings of identification with the characters, but it can also be a consoling reassurance which leads us to believe that we have understood, and that, in pitying, we have even done something to right a wrong. Richard Wright
..when I tried to talk to him I realized that, though ties of blood made us kin, though I could see a shadow of my face in his face, though there was an echo of my voice in his voice, we were forever strangers, speaking a different language, living on vastly distant planes of reality Richard Wright
Richard Wright quote: "But the color of a Negro's skin makes him easily recognizable,..."
But the color of a Negro's skin makes him easily recognizable, makes him suspect, converts him into a defenseless target Richard Wright
They hate because they fear, and they fear because they feel that the deepest feelings of their lives are being assaulted and outraged. And they do not know why; they are powerless pawns in a blind play of social forces. Richard Wright
Richard Wright quote: "Held at bay by the hate of others, preoccupied with his own..."
Held at bay by the hate of others, preoccupied with his own feelings, he was continuously at war with reality. Richard Wright
Richard Wright quote: "I did not know if the story was factually true or not, but it..."
I did not know if the story was factually true or not, but it was emotionally true [...]. Richard Wright
Richard Wright quote: "Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they..."
Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons. Richard Wright
Richard Wright quote: "Reading was like a drug, a dope. The novels created moods in..."
Reading was like a drug, a dope. The novels created moods in which I lived for days. Richard Wright
Richard Wright quote: "Make up your mind, Snail! You are half inside your house, And..."
Make up your mind, Snail! You are half inside your house, And halfway out! Richard Wright
Richard Wright quote: "Having been thrust out of the world because of my race, I had..."
Having been thrust out of the world because of my race, I had accepted my destiny by not being curious about what shaped it Richard Wright
Richard Wright quote: "And if Poe were alive, he would not have to invent horror;..."
And if Poe were alive, he would not have to invent horror; horror would invent him. Richard Wright
Richard Wright quote: "I was not leaving the south to forget the south, but so that..."
I was not leaving the south to forget the south, but so that some day I might understand it Richard Wright
Hunger has always been more or less at my elbow when I played, but now I began to wake up at night to find hunger standing at my bedside, staring at my gauntly. Richard Wright

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