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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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...

I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.

I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

It is only in his music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective...

It is only in his music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective...

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...

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...

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...

Every gay and lesbian person who has been lucky enough to survive the turmoil of...

Every gay and lesbian person who has been lucky enough to survive the turmoil of...

Theres this illusion that homosexuals have sex and heterosexuals fall in love. Thats completely untrue....

Theres this illusion that homosexuals have sex and heterosexuals fall in love. Thats completely untrue....

If male homosexuals are called 'gay,' then female homosexuals should be called 'ecstatic.

If male homosexuals are called 'gay,' then female homosexuals should be called 'ecstatic.