If I could make you stay, I would,โ he shouted. โIf I had to beat you, chain you, starve youโif I could make you stay, I would.โ He turned back into the room; the wind blew his hair. He shook his finger at me, grotesquely playful. โOne day, perhaps, you will wish I had.
James A. BaldwinI am certainly convinced that it is one of the greatest impulses of mankind to arrive at something higher than a natural state.
James A. BaldwinRemember, to hate, to be violent, is demeaning. It means you're afraid of the other side of the coin -- to love and be loved.
James A. BaldwinMost of us are about as eager to change as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock.
James A. Baldwin