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Room Quotes by James A. Baldwin
- It was as though we were a picture, trapped in time: this had been happening for hundreds of years, people sitting in a room, waiting…
- There was no room in God's army for the coward heart, no crown awaiting him who put mother or father, sister or brother, sweetheart or…
- But it was not the room’s disorder which was frightening; it was the fact that when one began searching for the key to this disorder,…
- The universe, which is not merely the stars and the moon and the planets, flowers, grass and trees, but other people, has evolved no terms…
- If I could make you stay, I would,’ he shouted. ‘If I had to beat you, chain you, starve you—if I could make you stay,…
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- I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come… — Paul Auster
- It is by not always thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy. Until you make… — Richard Bach
- Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which… — Matthew Arnold
- Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world,… — Chinua Achebe
- I have been known to buy e-versions of my books because I was in a hotel room and I needed one right… — Margaret Atwood
- When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- I don't know anyone who enjoys going to the hospital. To help remedy this, I got an idea to create what a… — Joseph Barbera
- Haven't you felt a peculiar sort of worry about the chair in your living room that no one sits in? — Nicholson Baker
- Ever since I was a girl, I have written about one to five pages every day - on napkins, on scrap paper,… — Roseanne Barr
- I allow a lot of room for improvisation and funny stuff. I always feel planned. — Michael Bay
- I still, at hotel rooms, I do this one sort of not-so-cool thing: continually shoving my room service tray in front of… — Drew Barrymore
- So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There… — Abu Bakar Bashir