“Perhaps
the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will
sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will imprison ourselves in
totems, taboos, crosses, blood sacrifices, steeples, mosques, races,
armies, flags, nations, in order to deny the fact of death, the only
fact we have. It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of
death--ought to decide, indeed, to earn one's death by confronting with
passion the conundrum of life.”
from THE FIRE NEXT TIME
- James Baldwin, born 2 August 1924.
Influential American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social
critic. His works explore the intricacies of racial, sexual, and class
distinctions in mid-20th-century America.
from THE FIRE NEXT TIME
- James Baldwin, born 2 August 1924.
Influential American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic. His works explore the intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in mid-20th-century America.
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