People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruct…

James A. Baldwin
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People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state on innocence long after that innocence is dead turns himself into a monster. ✨ Black Body: Rereading James Baldwin's 'Stranger in the Village' by Teju Cole, www.newyorker.com. August 19, 2014.
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