Most of us, no matter what we say, are walking in the dark, whistling in the dark.
JAMES BALDWINAll art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique.
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You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.
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All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique.
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The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.
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It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
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People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.
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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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People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.
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When you’re writing you’re trying to find out something which you don’t know.
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Hatred is always self hatred, and there is something suicidal about it.
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The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
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Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.
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Artists are here to disturb the peace.
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Everybody’s journey is individual.
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There are few things under heaven more unnerving than the silent, accumulating contempt and hatred of a people.
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If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him.
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