I LOVE James Baldwin

“You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can't, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world... The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even but a millimeter the way people look at reality, then you can change it.”
― James Baldwin

“Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society.”
― James Baldwin

“There are too many things we do not wish to know about ourselves.”
― James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time