A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. — James Baldwin
It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things — James Baldwin
Everybody’s journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. — James Baldwin
The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers. — James Baldwin
There is a ”sanctity” involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it. — James Baldwin
American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it. — James Baldwin
Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock. — James Baldwin
The only thing that white people have that black people need, or should want, is power-and no one holds power forever. — James Baldwin
The question of sexual dominance can exist only in the nightmare of that soul which has armed itself — James Baldwin
The world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in. — James Baldwin
No people come into possession of a culture without having paid a heavy price for it. — James Baldwin
Identity would seem to be the garment with which one covers the nakedness of the self — James Baldwin
Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck — but, most of all, endurance. — James Baldwin
The power of the white world is threatened whenever a black man refuses to accept the white world’s definitions. — James Baldwin
