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"The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged up again and I hungere..." — Richard Wright

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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