Who knows when some slight shock, disturbing the delicate balance…

Who knows when some slight shock, disturbing the delicate balance between social order and thirsty aspiration, shall send the skyscrapers in our cities toppling?

Richard Wright

Native Son · 1940

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Wright, Richard. Native Son. Harper & Brothers, 1940, bk. 3.

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