
„Imagino que uma das razões para as pessoas se agarrarem a seus ódios tão teimosamente é porque percebem que, assim que o ódio for eliminado, elas serão forçadas a lidar com a dor.“
— James Baldwin (escritor), livro Notes of a Native Son
I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.
"Me and My House" in Harper's (1955); republicado em Notes of a Native Son https://books.google.com.br/books?id=wmnVhmw3zVoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Notes+of+a+Native+Son&hl=pt-BR&sa=X&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAGoVChMI296xud-1yAIVBoOQCh1A2ApO#v=onepage&q=%20imagine%20one%20of%20the%20reasons%20people%20cling%20to%20their%20hates%20so%20stubbornly&f=false (1955)