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James A. Baldwin Quotes

James A. Baldwin quotes

American Author August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987

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To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread. James A. Baldwin
James A. Baldwin quote: "Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else..."
Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters? James A. Baldwin
The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself, totally, against the possibility of the changing motion of conquest and surrender, which is love. James A. Baldwin
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. James A. Baldwin
James A. Baldwin quote: "Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does...."
Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up. James A. Baldwin
James A. Baldwin quote: "The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of..."
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory. James A. Baldwin
James A. Baldwin quote: "Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and..."
Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. James A. Baldwin
I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. James A. Baldwin
Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time. James A. Baldwin
James A. Baldwin quote: "I've always believed that you can think positive just as well..."
I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative. James A. Baldwin
If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons. James A. Baldwin
American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it. James A. Baldwin
There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now. James A. Baldwin
James A. Baldwin quote: "People can cry much easier than they can change."
People can cry much easier than they can change. James A. Baldwin
James A. Baldwin quote: "It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person..."
It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. James A. Baldwin

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