The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid; the state of being alone.

Quote by James Baldwin

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so...

The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so...

People only claim to love until they suck you dry...then move on to another victim.

People only claim to love until they suck you dry...then move on to another victim.

Another love gone wrong, another heart to shatter, welcome to reality, where feelings don't matter.

Another love gone wrong, another heart to shatter, welcome to reality, where feelings don't matter.

He was my North, my South, my East and West.

He was my North, my South, my East and West.