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The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. No

The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged up again and I hungered for books, new ways of looking and seeing. – Richard Wright

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

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