Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality.

Quote by James A Baldwin

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No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for...

No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for...

Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing...

Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing...

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the...

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the...

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men....

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men....

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...

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford...

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford...

The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody,...

The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody,...

Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.

Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.

Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets,...

Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets,...

The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as...

The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as...

Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity,...

Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity,...

The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of...

The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of...

It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful...

It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful...

Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.

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...

Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be...

When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop...

When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop...

I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think...

I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think...

The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept...

The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept...

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

People can cry much easier than they can change.

People can cry much easier than they can change.