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“Journal writing is a voyage to the interior.”
― Christina Baldwin

“One must say Yes to life and embrace it wherever it is found—and it is found in terrible places; nevertheless, there it is.”
― James Baldwin

“If a society permits one portion of its citizenry to be menaced or destroyed, then, very soon, no one in that society is safe. The forces thus released in the people can never be held in check, but run their devouring course, destroying the very foundations which it was imagined they would save.”
― James Baldwin, Nothing Personal

“According to human accounts, Dracula lived on for centuries â€� he may still be living. Are you sure he’s really dead?â€� I asked. ‘I watched Baldwin rip his head off and bury it thirty miles away from the rest of his body. He was really dead then, and he’s really dead now.â€� Gallowglass looked at me reprovingly. ‘You should know better than to believe these human stories, Auntie. They’ve never got more than a speck of truth in them.”
― Deborah Harkness, Shadow of Night

“Baldwin Montclair, as he was known in the financial markets, strode down the hall of the ground floor. His copper-colored hair gleamed in the electric light, and his muscles twitched with the quick reflexes of a born athlete. Trained to wield a sword from childhood, he had been imposing before becoming a vampire, and after his rebirth few dared to cross him.”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“The middle son in Philippe de Clermont’s brood of three male children, Baldwin had been made a vampire in Roman times and had been Philippe’s favorite. They were cut from the same cloth â€� fond of war, women, and wine, in that order. Despite these amiable characteristics, those who faced him in combat seldom lived to recount the experience.”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“To Baldwin fell the battle strategies, his sharp mind quick to analyze every plan for flaws and weaknesses.”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“Baldwin strode in front, and people hastily got out of our way.”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“He did. I swear it. Baldwin ordered him to leave or face the same fate as the Impaler. You should have seen Baldwin’s face. The devil himself wouldn’t have disobeyed your brother.”
― Deborah Harkness, Shadow of Night

“Non serve cercar di andare troppo a fondo in questo mistero che è tanto poco semplice quanto poco innocuo. Non sappiamo abbastanza di noi stessi. Credo sia meglio esser consci di non saperne niente, così si può crescere con il mistero e intanto il mistero cresce in te. Ma la giorno d’oggi, naturalmente, tutti sanno tutto ed è per questo che tanta gente si perde.”
― James Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk

“Where are you from exactly?â€� he asked his state-based colleague, after exchanging first pleasantries.
“Gulf Shores.� Paul replied.
“I know we’re at the Gulf shore,� Garry said. “But where exactly?�
“Gulf Shores is a place.�
“Where’s Gulf Shores?� Garry went on with questioning, feeling increasingly silly.
“Baldwin County.�
“Where’s Baldwin County?”
― Krzysztof PacyÅ„ski, A perfect Patricide: Part 1

“When they were still twenty feet off the ground, Matthew jumped out and set off at a dead run toward the castle’s gate. Baldwin sighed and jumped after him, first directing the pilot not to move until they were both back on board.”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“Baldwin took charge of a table large enough to hold a board meeting, where he spread out papers, logged on to two different computers, and began talking incessantly on the phone.”
― Deborah Harkness, A Discovery of Witches

“Is Baldwin involved? Did he lose a million euros today?â€� His brother-in-law was an acquired taste, and Ernst didn’t entirely trust him. Baldwin had trained him in the intricacies of international commerce when Ernst was still a young man.”
― Deborah Harkness, Shadow of Night