You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was Dostoevsky and Dickens who taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive.

James Baldwin

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Broken heart Interconnectedness of all people The human condition Power of literature

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James Baldwin

Source

Life Magazine

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1963 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Black writer Writer

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United States

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Jane Howard, "Doom and Glory of Knowing Who You Are," Life, May 24, 1963, 89.

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