Most of us, no matter what we say, are walking in the dark, whistling in the dark.
JAMES BALDWINThe world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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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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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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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.
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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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The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat.
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The paradox of education is precisely this – that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.
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We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them.
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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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I often wonder what I’d do if there weren’t any books in the world.
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Artists are here to disturb the peace.
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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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Our crown has already been bought and paid for. All we have to do is wear it.
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Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.
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Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
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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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