His Own Identity Quotes by James A. Baldwin

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• Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war;…
• Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
• Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.
• The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.
• People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it…
• I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they…
• People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters…
• Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.
• Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
• It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
• I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to…
• Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?

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