Baldwin

Famous quotes containing the word baldwin:

“Society is held together by our need; we bind it together with legend, myth, coercion, fearing that without it we will be hurled into that void, within which, like the earth before the Word was spoken, the foundations of society are hidden.”
—James Baldwin (1924–1987)

“There is a “sanctity” involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it.”
—James Baldwin (1924–1987)

“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”
—James Baldwin (1924–1987)