If one really wishes to know how justice is administered in a country, one does not question the policemen, the lawyers, the judges, or the protected members of the middle class. One goes to the unprotected - those, precisely, who need the law's protection most! - and listens to their testimony.
James A. BaldwinWhen youโre writing, youโre trying to find out something which you donโt know. The whole language of writing for me is finding out what you donโt want to know, what you donโt want to find out. But something forces you to anyway.
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. Baldwin