Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, … - James A. Baldwin

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I'd like to rid myself of writing, to surrender, to release the venom. And hopefully at some point, I'll be a happy, well-adjusted guy and I'll have no need for all that 'art. '

James A. Baldwin

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.

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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

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Ask any Mexican, any Puerto Rican, any black man, any poor person - ask the wretched how they fare in the halls of justice, and then you will know, not whether or not the country is just, but whether or not it has any love for justice, or any concept of it. It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.

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I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.

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I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

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To be black and conscious in America is to be in a constant state of rage.

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Keeping secrets will always lead to unhappiness and communication is the key to love.

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Henry Rollins

I'd like to rid myself of writing, to surrender, to release the venom. And hopefully at some point, I'll be a happy, well-adjusted guy and I'll have no need for all that 'art. '

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Brian Eno

Every increase in your knowledge is a simultaneous decrease. You learn and you unlearn at the same time. A new certainty is a new doubt as well.

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Beatrice Sparks

How is it possible for me to be so miserable and embarrassed and humiliated and beaten an function still talk and smile and concentrate?

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