James Baldwin

"The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid the state of being alone."

"The South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that people live here, and have lived here, are so ugly."

"The paradox of education is precisely this that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated."

"An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience."

"But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power."

"The South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that people live here, and have lived here, are so ugly."