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August 6th
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"Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor."

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James A. Baldwin (via gorgeousmuslimah)

Just got back from visiting Chicago, gas was jacked up to $4.50 in the hood.

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February 20th
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“American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it.”
—James Baldwin

December 27th
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"I guess it can’t be too often that two people can laugh and make love, too, make love because they’re laughing, laugh because they’re making love. The love and the laughter come from the same place: but not many people go there."

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James Baldwin - If Beale Street Could Talk. (via thenegrosophisticate)

we do, we do, we do <3

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December 6th
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"The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see."

— James Baldwin (via monamade)

November 30th
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LGBTQ* Literature Quotes

Giovanni’s Room - James Baldwin