Hatred is always self hatred, and there is something suicidal about it.
JAMES BALDWINThere 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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The moment we cease to hold each other, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.
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The artistic image is not intended to represent the thing itself, but, rather, the reality of the force the thing contains.
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It is astonishing the lengths to which a person, or a people, will go in order to avoid a truthful mirror.
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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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Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
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To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the breaking of bread.
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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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We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them.
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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’s a miracle to realize that somebody loves you.
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You don’t have a home until you leave it and then, when you have left it, you never can go back.
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All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it.
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You were born where you were born and faced the future that you faced because you were black and for no other reason.
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If you’re treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person.
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Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.
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