Most of us, no matter what we say, are walking in the dark, whistling in the dark.
JAMES BALDWINThe place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.
More James Baldwin Quotes
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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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Confusion is a luxury which only the very, very young can possibly afford and you are not that young anymore.
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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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Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have.
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The world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.
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Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
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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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People are too various to be treated so lightly. I am too various to be trusted.
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Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time.
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The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions.
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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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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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It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
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Whoever debases others is debasing himself.
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The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.
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