James Arthur Baldwin Quotes

The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.
~ James Arthur Baldwin

When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living.
~ James Arthur Baldwin

Habit;

Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated and this was an immutable law.
~ James Arthur Baldwin

Hate;