It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that they are guarding and keeping, whereas what they are actually guarding and keeping is their system of reality and what they assume themselves to be.


The Fire Next Time (ed. Penguin UK, 1990) - ISBN: 9780141963778

James Baldwin Quotes

It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that...

It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that...

It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that...

It is rare indeed that people give. Most people guard and keep; they suppose that it is they themselves and what they identify with themselves that...