Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time.
JAMES BALDWINMost of us, no matter what we say, are walking in the dark, whistling in the dark.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.
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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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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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Whoever debases others is debasing himself.
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Perhaps he is a fool or a coward but almost everybody is one or the other and most people are both.
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There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.
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People can cry much easier than they can change.
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Everybody’s journey is individual.
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It’s a miracle to realize that somebody loves you.
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You were born where you were born and faced the future that you faced because you were black and for no other reason.
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Everyone wishes to be loved, but in the event, nearly no one can bear it. Everyone desires love but also finds it impossible to believe that he deserves it.
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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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Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.
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Youth must be the worst time in anybody’s life.
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Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.
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