It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate.
James A. BaldwinIn the invincible and indescribable squalor of Harlem ... I was tormented. I felt caged, like an animal. I wanted to escape. I felt if I did not get out I would slowly strangle.
James A. BaldwinTo be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.
James A. BaldwinThe world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.
James A. Baldwin