The real victim of bigotry is the white man who hides his weakness under his myth of superiority.
James A. BaldwinTo be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the breaking of bread.
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. 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. BaldwinBut it was not the room’s disorder which was frightening; it was the fact that when one began searching for the key to this disorder, one realized that it was not to be found in any of the usual places. For this was not a matter of habit or circumstance or temperament; it was a matter of punishment and grief.
James A. Baldwin