We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them -- to try to understand what you have done, why you have done it. That way, you can begin to forgive yourself. That's very important. If you don't forgive yourself you'll never be able to forgive anybody else and you'll go on committing the same crimes forever.
James A. BaldwinFreedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be
James A. BaldwinIf 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. BaldwinEach of us, helplessly and forever, contains the other - male in female, female in male, white in black, and black in white. We are part of each other. Many of my countrymen appear to find this fact exceedingly inconvenient and even unfair, and so, very often, do I. But none of us can do anything about it.
James A. Baldwin