James Baldwin

It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled read more

It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.

If you're afraid to die, you will not be able to live.

If you're afraid to die, you will not be able to live.

Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated and this was an immutable law.

Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated and this was an immutable law.

Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex, you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought read more

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.

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to thier hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is read more

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to thier hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. -James Baldwin.