Youth must be the worst time in anybody’s life.
JAMES BALDWINPrecisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society.
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Most of us, no matter what we say, are walking in the dark, whistling in the dark.
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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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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
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Colour is not a human or a personal reality; it is a political reality.
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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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If you’re treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person.
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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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Whoever debases others is debasing himself.
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You write in order to change the world, if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.
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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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The world is mostly divided between madmen who remember and madmen who forget. Heroes are rare.
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History is not a procession of illustrious people. It’s about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is what history is about.
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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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The moment we cease to hold each other, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.
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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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