23 Quotes by Claude McKay

Deep in the secret chambers of my heart I muse my life-long hate, and without flinch I bear it nobly as I live my part.

If we must die, O let us nobly die.

The shivering birds beneath the eaves Have sheltered for the night.

And, hungry for the old, familiar ways, I turned aside and bowed my head and wept.

It's when you are down that you learn about your faults.

We are like trees. We wear all colors naturally.

If we must die, let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, If we must die, O let us nobly die.

I know the dark delight of being strange, The penalty of difference in the crowd, The loneliness of wisdom among fools...

Human dignity is more precious than prestige....