An identity is questioned only when it is menaced, as when the mighty begin to fall, or when the wretched begin to rise, or when the stranger enters the gates, never, thereafter, to be a stranger.
James A. BaldwinLove is like the lightning, and your maturity is signaled by the extent to which you can accept the dangers and the power and the beauty of love.
James A. BaldwinPlease try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity
James A. Baldwin