If one cannot risk oneself, then one is simply incapable of giving. An…

James A. Baldwin
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If one cannot risk oneself, then one is simply incapable of giving. And, after all, one can give freedom only by setting someone free. ✨ Letter from a Region in My Mind. www.newyorker.com. November 17, 1962.
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If one cannot risk oneself, then one is simply incapable of giving. And, after all, one can give freedom only by setting someone free. ✨ Letter from a Region in My Mind. www.newyorker.com. November 17, 1962.

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