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Quotes Tagged "james-baldwin"

Whose little boy are you?
— James Baldwin The Fire Next Time
Tags: youth, renaissance, religion, racism, james-baldwin, institution, harlem, god, epiphany, coming-of-age, church, black, african-american
The morning weighs on my shoulders with the dreadful weight of hope and I take the blue envelope which Jacques has sent me and tear it slowly into many pieces, watching them dance in the wind, watching the wind carry them away. Yet, as I turn and begin walking toward the waiting people, the wind blows some of them back on me.
— James Baldwin Giovanni’s Room
Tags: symbolism, sad, last-lines, james-baldwin, hope, giovanni-s-room, ending
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