You were born where you were born and faced the future that you faced because you were black and for no other reason.James Baldwin
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.James Baldwin
I know that what I am asking is impossible. But in our time, as in every time, the impossible is the least that one can demand.James Baldwin
People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.James Baldwin
Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated and this was an immutable law.James Baldwin
It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.James Baldwin
The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it but no one wants to go there now.James Baldwin
Whoever debases others is debasing himself.James Baldwin
Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.James Baldwin
Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.James Baldwin