James A. Baldwin
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It seems to me that one ought to rejoice in the fact of death-- ought to decide, indeed, to earn one's death by confronting with passion the conundrum of life. One is responsible to life: It is the small beacon in that terrifying darkness from which we come and to which we shall return. One must negotiate this passage as nobly as possible, for the sake of those who are coming after us. ✨ Letter from a Region in My Mind by James Baldwin, www.newyorker.com. November 17, 1962.

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