There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.
JAMES BALDWIN
You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.
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There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.
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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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For these are all our children, we will all profit by or pay for what they become.
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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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No one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart: for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
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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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People are too various to be treated so lightly. I am too various to be trusted.
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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.
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It’s a miracle to realize that somebody loves you.
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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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If you’re treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person.
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