James Baldwin

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.
- James A. Baldwin

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.
- James A. Baldwin

Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality.
- James A. Baldwin

There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment; the time is always now.
- James A. Baldwin

It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind.
- James A. Baldwin