Europe has what we do not have yet, a sense of the mysterious and inexorable limits of life, a sense, in a word, of tragedy. And we have what they sorely need: a sense of life's possibilities.

Quote by James Baldwin

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Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love...

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love...

It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless.

It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless.

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which...

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which...

The South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that...

The South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that...

The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other...

The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other...

If you're treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. If certain...

If you're treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. If certain...

We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our...

We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our...

There is a sanctity involved with bringing a child into this world, it is better...

There is a sanctity involved with bringing a child into this world, it is better...

The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important...

The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important...

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot...

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot...

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power...

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power...

The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced...

The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced...

Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in...

Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in...

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it...

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it...

It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that...

It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that...

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it...

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it...

An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person...

An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person...

Integrity simple means not violating one's own identity.

Integrity simple means not violating one's own identity.

Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion....

Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion....

Your identity and your success go hand in hand. Many people sacrifice their identities by...

Your identity and your success go hand in hand. Many people sacrifice their identities by...