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Giovanni's Room quotes about love

27 quotes on love from Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin, each verified verbatim against the text and located in the book. Drawn from the 76 in the full collection. Page 2 of 2.

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Beneath the joy, of course, was anguish and beneath the amazement was fear; but they did not work themselves to the beginning until our high beginning was aloes on our tongues.
David (narration) · James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room (1956), Part Two, Chapter 1
I was to destroy this room and give to Giovanni a new and better life.
David (narration) · James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room (1956), Part Two, Chapter 2

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