You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the histo…

James A. Baldwin
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You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. ✨ Doom and glory of knowing who you are. LIFE Magazine, Vol. 54, No. 21, (p. 89), May 24, 1963.
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You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. ✨ Doom and glory of knowing who you are. LIFE Magazine, Vol. 54, No. 21, (p. 89), May 24, 1963.

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