It had been only through books-at best, no more than vicarious cultura…

Richard Wright
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It had been only through books-at best, no more than vicarious cultural transfusions-that I had managaed to keep myself alive in a negatively vital way. Whenever my environment had failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books. ✨ Richard Wright (1998). Black Boy, Turtleback
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I was not leaving the south to forget the south, but so that some day I might understand it ✨ Richard Wright (1998). Black Boy, Turtleback
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It had been only through books-at best, no more than vicarious cultural transfusions-that I had managaed to keep myself alive in a negatively vital way. Whenever my environment had failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books. ✨ Richard Wright (1998). Black Boy, Turtleback

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