Richard Wright

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Goddammit, 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 living in jail.

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Wright, Richard. Native Son. Harper & Brothers, 1940, bk. 1.

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Who knows when some slight shock, disturbing the delicate balance between social order and thirsty aspiration, shall send the skyscrapers in our cities toppling?

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Wright, Richard. Native Son. Harper & Brothers, 1940, bk. 3.

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He knew that the moment he allowed what his life meant to enter fully into his consciousness, he would either kill himself or someone else. So he denied himself and acted tough.

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Wright, Richard. Native Son. Harper & Brothers, 1940, bk. 1.

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I let the audience follow me, if it is interested.

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Wright, Richard. Interviewed by L'Express. 18 Oct. 1955.

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