And, hungry for the old, familiar ways, I turned aside and bowed my head and wept. — Claude McKay Familiar Copy Share Image
“Newton appeared more nervously emphatic in his manner since Sunday when the Senegambians left him in his underwear and Delta had to… — Claude McKay Marriage Copy Share Image
Deep in the secret chambers of my heart I muse my life-long hate, and without flinch I bear it nobly as I… — Claude McKay Bears Copy Share Image
The shivering birds beneath the eaves Have sheltered for the night. — Claude McKay Bird Copy Share Image
Upon the clothes behind the tenement, That hang like ghosts suspended from the lines, Linking each flat, but to each indifferent, Incongruous… — Claude McKay Clothes Copy Share Image
“If We Must Die If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, While… — Claude McKay Death Copy Share Image
Adventure-seasoned and storm-buffeted, I shun all signs of anchorage, because The zest of life exceeds the bound of laws. — Claude McKay Adventure Copy Share Image
Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed. — Claude McKay Development Copy Share Image
If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, If we must die, O… — Claude McKay Dies Copy Share Image
I have forgotten much, but still remember The poinsiana's red, blood-red in warm December. — Claude McKay Blood Copy Share Image
If a man is not faithful to his own individuality, he cannot be loyal to anything. — Claude McKay Faithful Copy Share Image
Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism. — Claude McKay Air Copy Share Image
I know the dark delight of being strange, The penalty of difference in the crowd, The loneliness of wisdom among fools... — Claude McKay Crowds Copy Share Image
