All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique.
JAMES BALDWIN
If I am not what you say I am, then you are not who you think you are.
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All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique.
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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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Whoever debases others is debasing himself.
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There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.
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Do I really want to be integrated into a burning house?
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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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Hatred is always self hatred, and there is something suicidal about it.
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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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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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The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers.
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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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