“It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here.”
More from James Baldwin
“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.”
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they…”
“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.”