“A man will seek to express his relation to the stars; but when a man's consciousness has been riveted upon obtaining a loaf of bread, that loaf of bread is as important as the stars.” PovertyHunger Book:Black Boy Source: Black Boy
“Hunger has always been more or less at my elbow when I played, but now I began to wake up at night to find hunger standing at my bedside, staring at my gauntly.” NightStandingWake UpHungerStaringElbows Book:Black Boy Source: Black Boy
“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
