“Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated and this was an immutable law.”
More from James Baldwin
“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.”
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“And, here I was, left with only myself to deal with. It was entirely up to me.”
“Art is here to prove, and to help one bare, the fact that all safety is an illusion.”