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Quote by James Baldwin
People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own dest

People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state of innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster. – James Baldwin

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An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience. – James Baldwin

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The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out. – James Baldwin

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The innocent is the person who explains nothing. – Albert Camus

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Now my innocence begins to weigh me down. – Jean Racine

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He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass. – Horace

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If you would live innocently, seek solitude. – Publilius Syrus

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