No man is a devil in his own mind.
JAMES BALDWINNothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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People are too various to be treated so lightly. I am too various to be trusted.
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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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Love brought you here. If you trusted love this far, don’t panic now.
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People can cry much easier than they can change.
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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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You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read.
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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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Youth must be the worst time in anybody’s life.
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The world is mostly divided between madmen who remember and madmen who forget. Heroes are rare.
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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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The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.
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I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also so much more than that. So are we all.
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Do I really want to be integrated into a burning house?
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People don’t have any mercy. They tear you limb from limb, in the name of love.
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Everybody’s journey is individual.
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