Quote by: James Baldwin

Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will imprison ourselves in totems, taboos, crosses, blood sacrifices, steeples, mosques, races, armies, flags, nations, in order to deny the fact of death, which is the only fact we have.


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Author Bio


  • NameJames Baldwin
  • Description(1924-1987) writer from the United States
  • BornAugust 2, 1924
  • DiedDecember 1, 1987
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet; Novelist; Playwright; Civil Rights Defender; Essayist; Social Critic
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; George Polk Award