Quote
Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex; you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did.
Quote
Money, it turned out, was exactly like sex; you thought of nothing else if you didn't have it and thought of other things if you did.
More from James Baldwin
“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”
4 likes
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very thi...”
2 likes
“Life is tragic simply because the earth turns and the sun inexorably rises and sets, and one day, for each of us, the sun will go down for the last, last time. Perhaps the whole root of our...”
Discover More
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
200 likes
“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me...”
172 likes
“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.”
150 likes
“So many books, so little time.”
142 likes
“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
112 likes