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James Baldwin quotes
I was guilty and irritated and full of love and pain. I wanted to kick him and I wanted to take him in my arms.
James BaldwinLove takes off the masks we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
James BaldwinAll that hatred down there," he said, "all that hatred and misery and love. It's a wonder it doesn't blow the avenue apart.
James BaldwinThe writer's only real task: to recreate out of the disorder of life that order which is art
James BaldwinThis is the only real concern of the artist, to recreate out of the disorder of life that order which is art.
James BaldwinTrue rebels after all, are as rare as true lovers, and in both cases, to mistake a fever for passion can destroy one's life
James BaldwinIn those days my mother was given to the exasperating and mysterious habit of having babies.
James Baldwin