I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. James A. Baldwin clingdealforce Change image and share on social
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 banishmentendfailure Change image and share on social
There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. Nothing can help that man. What is left of that man flees from what is left of human attention. James A. Baldwin attentiondealdreadful share on social
People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead. James A. Baldwin allowleadlive Change image and share on social
Education is indoctrination if you're white - subjugation if you're black. James A. Baldwin blackeducationindoctrination Change image and share on social
Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. James A. Baldwin fearlivelove Change image and share on social
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 americacountrycriticize Change image and share on social
No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it. James A. Baldwin cultureheavypay Change image and share on social
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. James A. Baldwin bearchangeeager Change image and share on social
Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did. James A. Baldwin moneysexthing Change image and share on social
