James Baldwin

"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. "

"Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war love is a growing up. "

"Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. "

"The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side. "