“The world’s definitions are one thing and the life one actually lives is quite another. One cannot
“The world’s definitions are one thing and the life one actually lives is quite another. One cannot allow oneself, nor one’s family, friends, or lovers – to say nothing of one’s children – to live according to the world’s definitions: one must find a way, perpetually, to be stronger and better than that.”- Novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, and social critic James BaldwinPhoto by Carl Van Vechten -- source link
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