“There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.”
— James A. Baldwin
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I love America more than any other
“I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
— James A. Baldwin
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It is certain, in any case, that
“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”
— James A. Baldwin
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Category: power
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I am what time, circumstance, history, have
“I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.”
— James A. Baldwin
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Category: history
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If the relationship of father to son
“If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.”
— James A. Baldwin
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Category: relationship
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To be sensual, I think, is to
“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 making of bread.”
— James A. Baldwin
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The future is like heaven, everyone exalts
“The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.”
— James A. Baldwin
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Love does not begin and end the
“Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.”
— James A. Baldwin
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The young think that failure is the
“The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did – which was to hide.”
— James A. Baldwin
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Children have never been very good at
“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”
— James A. Baldwin
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Love him and let him love you.
“Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?”
— James A. Baldwin
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Category: love
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