He had fled a world that he had known and that had emotionally crucified him, but what was he here in this world whose impact loosed storms in his blood? Could he ever make the white faces around him understand how they had charged his world with images of beckoning desire and dread? Naw, naw…No one could believe the kind of life he had lived and was living.


The Long Dream (1958)

Richard Wright Quotes

He had fled a world that he had known and that had emotionally crucified him, but what was he here in this world whose impact loosed storms in his...

He had fled a world that he had known and that had emotionally crucified him, but what was he here in this world whose impact loosed storms in his...

He had fled a world that he had known and that had emotionally crucified him, but what was he here in this world whose impact loosed storms in his...

He had fled a world that he had known and that had emotionally crucified him, but what was he here in this world whose impact loosed storms in his...