Wednesday, May 21, 2008

James Baldwin Quote


If you’re treated a certain way, you become a certain kind of person. If certain things are described to you as being real they’re real for you whether they’re real or not.


James Baldwin (1924–87), U.S. author.
A Dialogue (1973; with Nikki Giovanni), from a conversation in London, 4 Nov. 1971.

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