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James Baldwin

“It's astounding the first time you realize that a stranger has a body - the realization that he has a body makes him a stranger. It means that you have a body, too. You will live with this forever, and it will spell out the language of your life.”

James Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk
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If Beale Street Could Talk If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
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