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James A. Baldwin Quotes - Page 5

American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.

American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.

"James Baldwin’s Lesson for Teachers in a Time of Turmoil" by Clint Smith, www.newyorker.com. September 23, 2017.

The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.

"Nobody Knows My Name: More Notes of a Native Son". Book by James A. Baldwin, 1961.

Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.

"Giovanni's Room". Book by James A. Baldwin (Part 2), www.newyorker.com. 1956.