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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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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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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

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Every harlot was a virgin once. – William Blake

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So justice while she winks at crimes,
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All things truly wicked start from an innocence. – Ernest Hemingway

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There is no aphrodisiac like innocence. – Jean Baudrillard

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