Though I had never had any assignments from a college professor, I had made much harder and more prolonged attempts at self-expression than any of them. Swearing love for art, they hovered on the edge of Bohemian life. Always friendly, they could never be anybody's friend; always reading, they could really never learn; always boasting of their passions, they could never really feel and were afraid to live.


Black Boy (1945)

Richard Wright Quotes

Though I had never had any assignments from a college professor, I had made much harder and more prolonged attempts at self-expression than any of...

Though I had never had any assignments from a college professor, I had made much harder and more prolonged attempts at self-expression than any of...

Though I had never had any assignments from a college professor, I had made much harder and more prolonged attempts at self-expression than any of...

Though I had never had any assignments from a college professor, I had made much harder and more prolonged attempts at self-expression than any of...