Everybody’s journey is individual.
JAMES BALDWINYouth must be the worst time in anybody’s life.
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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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Our crown has already been bought and paid for. All we have to do is wear it.
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Whoever debases others is debasing himself.
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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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People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.
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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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Education is indoctrination if you’re white – subjugation if you’re black.
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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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I often wonder what I’d do if there weren’t any books in the world.
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Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock.
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It’s a miracle to realize that somebody loves you.
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The impossible is the least that one can demand.
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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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There is a fearful splendor in absolute desolation.
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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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