#ss

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

— James A. Baldwin

#calling #intimate #intimate knowledge #knowledge #pays

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#first #himself #his #husband #lover

Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#any #born #conspiracy #cultivation #feels

Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#definition #heart #himself #his #imagines

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#beings #beneath #better #hope #human

The Passion narratives are the first pieces of the Gospels that were composed as a unity. ↗

— Hans Urs von Balthasar

#first #gospels #narratives #passion #pieces

Jesus isn't a logo, I'm not promoting some company, some brand. I'm just professing my faith. ↗

— Stephen Baldwin

#company #faith #i #jesus #just

I had a serious childhood illness - sort of like spinal meningitis - that led to a three-month hospitalization. Afterward, I couldn't be insured because of a pre-existing condition. ↗

— Tammy Baldwin

#childhood #condition #had #i #illness

When I first ran for Congress in 1998, people counted me out. ↗

— Tammy Baldwin

#counted #first #i #me #out

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#always #bottom #deep #find #forgiveness