“It opened up for me Soul windows which had been closed; it threw a noble and evident light on what I had begun to believe, because of what the world believes, ignoble and unnatural.”

On reading Carpenter's Ioläus and finding honour in a love the world called shameful · Letter to Alain Locke, 3 March 1923

• Books
• Love
• Self Knowledge

“Countée Cullen's chief problem has been that of reconciling a Christian upbringing with a pagan inclination. His life so far has not convinced him that the problem is insoluble.”

A wry self-portrait of faith set against appetite and classical feeling · Third-person biographical note, Caroling Dusk, 1927

• Desire
• Faith
• Self Knowledge