Quote by James Baldwin
There is a sanctity involved with bringing a child into this world

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

Other quotes by James Baldwin

People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned. – James Baldwin

Category:
respect
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There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. Nothing can help that man. What is left of that man flees from what is left of human attention. – James Baldwin

Category:
Failure
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You know, its not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world does it to you long enough and effectively enough, you begin to do to yourself. – James Baldwin

Category:
Oppression
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Other Quotes from
Children
category

The vivacity of children is always charming, because it is always sincere. A grave child is a rose without fragrance. – Anonymous, Aphorisms; or, A Glance at Human Nature, in Original Maxims, 1820

Category:
Children

If our American way of life fails the child, it fails us all. – Pearl S. Buck

Category:
Children

Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there is going to be hope and a hope of wholeness, is the unshaken need for an unshakable God. – Maya Angelou

Category:
Children

There is no sinner like a young saint. – Aphra Behn

Category:
Children

Random Quotes

Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. – Mark Twain

Category:
Food

It is good to realize that if love and peace can prevail on earth, and if we can teach our children to honor natures gifts, the joys and beauties of the outdoors will be here forever. – Jimmy Carter

Category:
Nature

I think my love of journalizing my life comes from my mom. – Jeff Bridges

Category:
mom

If you love someone, you say it, right then, out loud. Otherwise, the moment just passes you by. – Julia Roberts

Category:
Love