There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes oneโs head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other peopleโs pain.
James A. BaldwinThe writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody, in another sense, and at the same time, he needs no one at all.
James A. BaldwinMy friend was about to introduce me when she looked at me and smiled and said, "Whose little boy are you?"
James A. BaldwinPeople don't have any mercy. They tear you limb from limb, in the name of love. Then, when you're dead, when they've killed you by what they made you go through, they say you didn't have any character. They weep big, bitter tears - not for you. For themselves, because they've lost their toy.
James A. Baldwin