“Every decent man in America ought to swoon with joy for the opportunity to crush with his heel the woolly head of this black lizard, to keep him from scuttling on his belly farther over the earth and spitting forth his venom of death!” DeathHateFateVengeanceScathing Book:Native Son Source: Native Son
“Hate yearned to destroy and sought to forget, but love could not. Love strove creatively towards days that had yet to come.” LoveHateCreative Book:The Outsider Source: The Outsider
“I could endure the hunger. I had learned to live with hate. But to feel that there was feeling denied me, that the very breath of life itself was beyond my reach, that more than anything else hurt, wounded me. I had a new hunger.” FeelsFeelingsHateHurtBreathsEndureHungerDeniedWounded Book:Black Boy Source: Black Boy
“They hate because they fear, and they fear because they feel that the deepest feelings of their lives are being assaulted and outraged. And they do not know why; they are powerless pawns in a blind play of social forces.” KnowsFeelsPlayFeelingsHateForceSocialBlindPowerlessPawnsOutragedDeepest Feelings Book:Works Source: Works
