The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself. It is a mystery, containing, like all mysteries, the possibility of torment.

Quote by James Baldwin

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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...

Europe has what we do not have yet, a sense of the mysterious and inexorable...

Europe has what we do not have yet, a sense of the mysterious and inexorable...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

No sooner met but they looked; No sooner looked but they loved; No sooner loved...

No sooner met but they looked; No sooner looked but they loved; No sooner loved...

Love is you; you and me.

Love is you; you and me.

There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes...

There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes...