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James A. Baldwin Quotes: One is responsible to life: It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return.
         

One is responsible to life: It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return.


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The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make it.


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Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.

Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.



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If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.



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It's boring to have the same guy win. I'm actively rooting against myself.

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