Guilt is a luxury that we can no longer afford.
JAMES BALDWINFor nothing is more unbearable, once one has it, than freedom.
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The world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.
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For nothing is more unbearable, once one has it, than freedom.
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True rebels after all, are as rare as true lovers,and in both cases, to mistake a fever for passion can destroy one’s life.
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You don’t have a home until you leave it and then, when you have left it, you never can go back.
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Nakedness has no color: this can come as news only to those who have never covered, or been covered by, another naked human being.
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The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
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Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.
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Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.
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The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way a person looks at reality, then you can change it.
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People can cry much easier than they can change.
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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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All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it.
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The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat.
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The impossible is the least that one can demand.
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Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore.
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