Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.

‒ Richard Wright.

"Whenever my environment had failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books…"

‒ Richard Wright.

 "Violence is a personal necessity for the oppressed...It is not a strategy consciously devised. It is the deep, instinctive expression of a human being denied individuality."

‒ Richard Wright, 'Native Son'.

 "The moment we act as if it's true, then it's true." ‒ Richard Wright.