|
|
 |
| Top 5 quotes from James Arthur Baldwin |
|
-
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain."
-
"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."
-
"The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out."
-
"Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them."
-
"People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned."
|
|
|
 |
|
 |

|
 |
|