So in the dark we hide the heart that bleeds, And wait, and tend our agonizing seeds. Countee Cullen Next Quote For we must be one thing or the other, an asset or a liability, the sinew in your wing to help you soar, or the chain to bind you to earth. - Countee Cullen Previous Quote I was reared in the conservative atmosphere of a Methodist parsonage. - Countee Cullen