The war of an artist with his society is a lover's war
-James Baldwin
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Societies never know it, but the war of an artist with his society is a lover's war, and he does, at his best,
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what lovers do, which is to reveal the beloved to himself and, with that revelation, to make freedom real. (Baldwin)
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Nina Simone and James Baldwin
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In every man sleeps a prophet and when he wakes there is a little more evil in the world.
-Emil Cioran
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The devil pales beside a man who owns a truth, his truth.
-Emil Cioran
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