James A. Baldwin

“The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.”

“No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time.”

“To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.”

“Every legend, moreover, contains its residuum of truth, and the root function of language is to control the universe by describing it.”