Colour is not a human or a personal reality; it is a political reality.
JAMES BALDWINIt’s a miracle to realize that somebody loves you.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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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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People are too various to be treated so lightly. I am too various to be trusted.
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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.
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No man is a devil in his own mind.
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It is easy to proclaim all souls equal in the sight of God; it is hard to make men equal on earth in the sight of men.
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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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Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
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I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also so much more than that. So are we all.
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To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.
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Youth must be the worst time in anybody’s life.
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There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.
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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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Love brought you here. If you trusted love this far, don’t panic now.
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Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of all that gave one an identity, the end of safety.
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People don’t have any mercy. They tear you limb from limb, in the name of love.
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