James A. Baldwin

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American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.

James A. Baldwin

history

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.

James A. Baldwin

history

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.

James A. Baldwin

hope

The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.

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knowledge

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.

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love

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

James A. Baldwin

love

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

love

Love him and let him love you. Do you think anything else under heaven really matters?

James A. Baldwin

love

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.

James A. Baldwin

men

Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did.

James A. Baldwin

money

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