# Quote — Richard Wright, The Outsider

> "Oh, Christ their disease had reached out and claimed him too. He had been subverted by the contagion of the lawless; he had been defeated by that which he had sought to destroy."

- Author: [Richard Wright](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-wright.md)
- Book: [The Outsider](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-wright/the-outsider.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-wright/the-outsider/oh-christ-their

## More from this book

> "You are your own law, so you'll be your own judge."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-wright/the-outsider/you-are-your.md)

> "Nothing.... Alone a man is nothing.....I wish I had some way to give the meaning of my life to others.... To make a bridge from man to man.... We must find some way of being good to ourselves.... Man is all we've got."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-wright/the-outsider/nothing-alone-a-man.md)

> "Don't think I'm so odd and strange ... I'm not.... I'm legion ... I've lived alone, but I'm everywhere."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/richard-wright/the-outsider/dont-think-im-so-odd.md)