Everybody’s journey is individual.
JAMES BALDWINThe moment we cease to hold each other, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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If a society permits one portion of its citizenry to be menaced or destroyed, then, very soon, no one in that society is safe.
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For these are all our children, we will all profit by or pay for what they become.
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Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be.
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History is not a procession of illustrious people. It’s about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is what history is about.
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It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.
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We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them.
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People who believe that they are strong-willed and the masters of their destiny can only continue to believe this by becoming specialists in self-deception.
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The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.
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The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
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Guilt is a luxury that we can no longer afford.
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If I am not what you say I am, then you are not who you think you are.
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People can cry much easier than they can change.
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It is very nearly impossible to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
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The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.
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Artists are here to disturb the peace.
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