It had been only through books — at best, no more than vicarious cultural transfusions — that I had managed to keep myself alive in a negatively vital way. Whenever my environment had failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books.


Black Boy (1945)

Richard Wright Quotes

It had been only through books — at best, no more than vicarious cultural transfusions — that I had managed to keep myself alive in a negatively...

It had been only through books — at best, no more than vicarious cultural transfusions — that I had managed to keep myself alive in a negatively...

It had been only through books — at best, no more than vicarious cultural transfusions — that I had managed to keep myself alive in a negatively...

It had been only through books — at best, no more than vicarious cultural transfusions — that I had managed to keep myself alive in a negatively...