It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.

Quote by James A Baldwin

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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...

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this...

I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this...

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also,...

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also,...

Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and...

Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and...

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the...

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the...

I want to be an honest man and a good writer.

I want to be an honest man and a good writer.

People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves...

People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves...

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....

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are...

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are...

People can cry much easier than they can change.

People can cry much easier than they can change.

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...

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 paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious...

The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious...

Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in...

Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in...

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be...

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be...

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...

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...

The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there...

The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there...

Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be...

Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be...

The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become...

The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become...