"Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word "love" here not merely in the personal s… - James Baldwin
"Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word "love" here not merely in the personal sense but as a state of being, or a state of grace - not in the infantile American sense of being made happy but in the tough and universal sense of quest and daring and growth."
You think...that my life is shameful because my encounters are. And they are. But you should ask yourself why they are. Why are they — shameful? Because there is no affection in them, and no joy. It’s like putting an electric plug in a dead socket. Touch, but no contact. All touch, but no contact and no light.
People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.
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