Christopher PikeHe cries. 'Please! I don't want to die.' I lean over. My hair smothers him.' Then you should never have been born, ' I say.
About This Quote
a quote from a short story by James Baldwin This short story was written in 1953 and is about a young black man who is very ill. He is heavily dependent on his mother’s care, as she has been caring for him since birth. The story takes place in a small room with a large bed, as the two sit together on the bed. The boy has been crying and begging for help for several days, but his mother does not want to give up her years of caring for him.
His mother does not want him to die, but she is willing to let him die if he is going to be a burden. However, when she finally decides that it is time for the boy to die, she puts her hand over his mouth. She says that she feels that it would be wrong to just give up on him now, because he will always be there in the back of her mind.
Source: The Last Vampire
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