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To Be Young, Gifted and Black

"It isn’t a circle—it is simply a long line—as in geometry, you know, one that reaches into infinity..."
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"Do I remain a revolutionary? Intellectually—without a doubt. But am I prepared to give my body to the struggle or even my comforts? This is what I puzzle about."
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"I am a writer. I am going to write."
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"I am ashamed of being alone. Or is it my loneliness that I am ashamed of? I have closed the shutters so that no one can see. Me. Alone."
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"I don’t think people start out in this world to be bad. They start out to be happy."
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"I think, then, that Negroes must concern themselves with every single means of struggle..."
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"I would very much like to live in a world where some of the monumental problems could at least be solved..."
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"If anything should happen—before ‘tis done—may I trust that..."
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"Look at the world that awaits you!"
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"The supreme test of technical skill and creative imagination..."
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