"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war love is a growing up."
-James A. Baldwin
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"Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.“
-James A. Baldwin
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