Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock. – James Baldwin
All art is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story; to vomit the anguish up. – James Baldwin
The greatest significance of the present student generation is that it is through them that the point of view of the subjugated is finally and inexorably being expressed. – James Baldwin
Experience that destroys innocents also leads one back to it. – James Baldwin
My mom used to make everything. She had a great garden and composted and made everything from scratch – peanut butter, bread, jelly, everything. I dont know how she did it because all those things take time and love and labour. I only do half the stuff she does – but theres still time. – Julia Roberts