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James Baldwin

“People can't, unhappily, invent their mooring posts, their lovers and their friends, anymore than they can invent their parents. Life gives these and also takes them away and the great difficulty is to say Yes to life.”

James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room
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Giovanni’s Room Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
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