People can’t, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents.
JAMES BALDWINEverybody’s journey is individual.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it.
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Education is indoctrination if you’re white – subjugation if you’re black.
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Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have.
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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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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
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I often wonder what I’d do if there weren’t any books in the world.
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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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To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the breaking of bread.
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The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
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Do I really want to be integrated into a burning house?
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Love brought you here. If you trusted love this far, don’t panic now.
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I can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do.
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People are too various to be treated so lightly. I am too various to be trusted.
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If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him.
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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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