Quote by James Baldwin
Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction,

Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch. – James Baldwin

Other quotes by James Baldwin

There is a sanctity involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it. – James Baldwin

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Children
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Society is held together by our need; we bind it together with legend, myth, coercion, fearing that without it we will be hurled into that void, within which, like the earth before the Word was spoken, the foundations of society are hidden. – James Baldwin

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Society
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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. – James Baldwin

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Action
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Other Quotes from
Perspective
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Why assume so glibly that the God who presumably created the universe is still running it? It is certainly conceivable that He may have finished it and then turned it over to lesser gods to operate. – H.L. Mencken

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Perspective

Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. – Mason Cooley

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Perspective

What we see depends mainly on what we look for. – John Lubbock

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Perspective

It takes a while, but eventually we appreciate that the people who were always there for the special occasions of our youth had other things to do. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Perspective

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Theres a side to this industry that nurtures divas who cant write. Its a big business. – Tori Amos

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Business

Six feet of earth make all men equal. – Proverb

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Equality

Believe you are defeated, believe it long enough, and it is likely to become a fact. – Norman Vincent Peale

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Defeat

I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams. – Susan Sontag

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Dreams