The male cannot bear very much humiliation; and he really cannot bear it, it obliterates him.
James A. BaldwinLove takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.
James A. BaldwinA child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.
James A. BaldwinSomebody," said Jacques, "your father or mine, should have told us that not many people have ever died of love. But multitudes have perished, and are perishing every hour - and in the oddest places! - for the lack of it.
James A. Baldwin