The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin
You were not expected to aspire to excellence: you were expected to make peace with mediocrity.
As for one’s wits, it is just not true that one can live by them – not, that is, if one wishes really to live.
You were not expected to aspire to excellence: you were expected to make peace with mediocrity.
As for one’s wits, it is just not true that one can live by them – not, that is, if one wishes really to live.