I want to be an honest man and a good writer.
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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People can cry much easier than they can change.
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Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
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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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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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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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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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Artists are here to disturb the peace.
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Education is indoctrination if you’re white – subjugation if you’re black.
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Love brought you here. If you trusted love this far, don’t panic now.
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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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Youth must be the worst time in anybody’s life.
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If you’re treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person.
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Those who say it can’t be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.
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People can’t, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents.
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