Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.
JAMES BALDWIN
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.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.
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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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There are few things under heaven more unnerving than the silent, accumulating contempt and hatred of a people.
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Hatred is always self hatred, and there is something suicidal about it.
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Youth must be the worst time in anybody’s life.
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All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it.
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Colour is not a human or a personal reality; it is a political reality.
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I want to be an honest man and a good writer.
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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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It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.
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There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.
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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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People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.
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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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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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Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore.
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