I did not know if the story was...... Quote by "Richard Wright"

I did not know if the story was factually true or not, but it was emotionally true [...].
— Richard Wright Black Boy

Tags: truth

Other Quotes by "Richard Wright"

Don't leave inferences to be drawn when evidence can be presented.
— Richard Wright

I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all.
— Richard Wright

Tags: words, fight, darkness, life

Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons.
— Richard Wright

Tags: prisons, simply, hearts, men

Love grows from stable relationships, shared experience, loyalty, devotion, trust.
— Richard Wright

Tags: relationships, love

The white folks like for us to be religious, then they can do what they want to with us.
— Richard Wright Native Son

Tags: us, religion, race, native-son, american, african-american