� You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you. � � James Baldwin

� For these are all our children, we will all profit by or pay for what they become. � � James Baldwin

� But it was not the room’s disorder which was frightening; it was the fact that when one began searching for the key to this disorder, one realized that it was not to be found in any of the usual places. For this was not a matter of habit or circumstance or temperament; it was a matter of punishment and grief. � � James Baldwin