James Baldwin - There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going und...

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There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own eyes, and in the eyes of others. Nothing can help that man. What is left of that man flees from what is left of human attention.

James Baldwin

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Es gibt kaum etwas Schrecklicheres, als sich mit einem Mann zu befassen, der weiß, dass er in seinen eigenen Augen und in den Augen anderer untergeht. Nichts kann diesem Mann helfen. Was von diesem Mann übrig bleibt, flieht vor dem, was von menschlicher Aufmerksamkeit übrig bleibt.

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