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Whose little boy are you? — James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
Whose little boy are you? — James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time
When we admit and deal with difference; when we deal with the deep bitterness; when we deal with the horror of even our — Audre Lorde
When we admit and deal with difference; when we deal with the deep bitterness; when we deal with the horror of even our — Audre Lorde
You can not describe anything without betraying your point of view, your aspirations, your fears, your hopes. Everything — James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son
You can not describe anything without betraying your point of view, your aspirations, your fears, your hopes. Everything — James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son
Journal writing is a voyage to the interior. — Christina Baldwin
Journal writing is a voyage to the interior. — Christina Baldwin
All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell — James Baldwin
All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell — James Baldwin
The subtle and deadly change of heart that might occur in you would be involved with the realization that a civilization — it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.
The subtle and deadly change of heart that might occur in you would be involved with the realization that a civilization — it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.
What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us — it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God.
What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us — it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God.
We have nothing to speak about. There never was. Words are an unnecessary trouble. Expression is time wasting away. Any — Cecil Baldwin
We have nothing to speak about. There never was. Words are an unnecessary trouble. Expression is time wasting away. Any — Cecil Baldwin
If you know from whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations on where you can go. — James Baldwin
If you know from whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations on where you can go. — James Baldwin
Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but, most of all, endurance. — James Baldwin
Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but, most of all, endurance. — James Baldwin
The time has come to realize that the interracial drama acted out on the American continent has not only created a new b — James Baldwin
The time has come to realize that the interracial drama acted out on the American continent has not only created a new b — James Baldwin
When he was dead I realized that I had hardly ever spoken to him. When he had been dead a long time I began to wish I ha — James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son
When he was dead I realized that I had hardly ever spoken to him. When he had been dead a long time I began to wish I ha — James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son
The moon’s weird though, right? It’s there, and there, and then suddenly it’s not. And it seems to be pretty far up. Is — Cecil Baldwin
The moon’s weird though, right? It’s there, and there, and then suddenly it’s not. And it seems to be pretty far up. Is — Cecil Baldwin
Sometimes you go through things that seem huge at the time, like a mysterious glowing cloud devouring your entire commun — Cecil Baldwin
Sometimes you go through things that seem huge at the time, like a mysterious glowing cloud devouring your entire commun — Cecil Baldwin
Whereas Jesus and his disciples were distrusted by the state largely because they respected the poor and shared everythi — James Baldwin, The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings
Whereas Jesus and his disciples were distrusted by the state largely because they respected the poor and shared everythi — James Baldwin, The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings
It’s nice to have a station pet. Wish it wasn’t trapped in a hovering prison in the men’s bathroom, but listen: no pet i — Cecil Baldwin
It’s nice to have a station pet. Wish it wasn’t trapped in a hovering prison in the men’s bathroom, but listen: no pet i — Cecil Baldwin
To accept one's past -- one's history -- is not the same thing as drowning in it — it is learning how to use it.
To accept one's past -- one's history -- is not the same thing as drowning in it — it is learning how to use it.