James Baldwin Quote

To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced.


Collected Essays (ed. 1998)


To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced.

To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced.

To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced.

To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced.