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Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.

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James Baldwin (1924–1987) was an American novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, social critic, and activist. He is widely regarded as one of the twentieth century’s greatest thinkers and authors; his work often focused on the civil rights movement and the gay liberation movement.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageAvoidance will make you feel less vulnerable in the short run, but it will never make you less afraid.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageSuspicion often creates what it suspects.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageStay a verb—don’t become a noun.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageOne of the deepest purposes of all art is to marry what is with what can be.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageWe must not confuse letting go of past injuries with feeling an obligation to let the injurers back into our life. The freedom of forgiveness often includes a firm boundary and loving distance from those who have harmed us.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageForgiveness is not just a selfish pursuit of personal satisfaction or righteousness. It actually alleviates the amount of suffering in the world.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageWe are not victims of our genes, but masters of our fates, able to create lives overflowing with peace, happiness, and love.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageQuestioning ourselves for being ‘oversensitive’ is a common way that women, in particular, disqualify our legitimate anger and hurt. . . . The fact that some of us feel more vulnerable than others in a particular context does not mean we are weak or lesser in any way.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageYou know why it’s hard to be happy—it’s because we refuse to LET GO of the things that make us sad.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageLetting go of anger and hate requires us to give up the hope for a different past, along with the hope of a fantasized future. What we gain is a life more in the present, where we are not mired in prolonged anger and resentment that doesn’t serve us.

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