In order for this to happen, your entire frame of reference will have …

James A. Baldwin
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In order for this to happen, your entire frame of reference will have to change, and you will be forced to surrender many things that you now scarcely know you have. ✨ Letter from a Region in My Mind by James A. Baldwin, www.newyorker.com. November 17, 1962.
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In order for this to happen, your entire frame of reference will have to change, and you will be forced to surrender many things that you now scarcely know you have. ✨ Letter from a Region in My Mind by James A. Baldwin, www.newyorker.com. November 17, 1962.

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