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James A. Baldwin Quotes: To be with God is really to be involved in some enormous, overwhelming desire, and joy, and power which you cannot control, which controls you.
         

To be with God is really to be involved in some enormous, overwhelming desire, and joy, and power which you cannot control, which controls you.


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