Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and this was an immutable law.
From James A. Baldwin
People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.
The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did - which was to hide.
There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it.
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.
A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.
I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.
People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.
American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.
Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it.
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