If we do not now dare everything, the fulfillment of that prophecy, re-created from the Bible in song by a slave, is upon us: God gave Noah the rainbow sign. No more water, fire next time.
James A. BaldwinYou think your pains and heartbreaks are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. [and then you discover that others have suffered much more than you and your problems look good in comparison]
James A. BaldwinThe real victim of bigotry is the white man who hides his weakness under his myth of superiority.
James A. BaldwinWe have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours.
James A. Baldwin