To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread.

James A. Baldwin
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More Quotes By James A. Baldwin
  1. Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.

  2. To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread.

  3. The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did - which was to hide.

  4. I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

  5. Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

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