All literature is protest. Author: Richard Wright Copy Quote More from Richard Wright “I did not know if the story was factually true or not, but it was emotionally t…” “He had lived and acted on the assumption that he was alone, and now he saw that…” “At the age of twelve I had an attitude toward life that was to endure, that was…” “Pity can purge us of hostility and arouse feelings of identification with the c…”