“I often wonder what I'd do if there weren't any books in the world.”
James Baldwin book Giovanni's Room
Source: Giovanni's Room
Quotes from bookGiovanni's Room
Giovanni's Room is a 1956 novel by James Baldwin. The book focuses on the events in the life of an American man living in Paris and his feelings and frustrations with his relationships with other men in his life, particularly an Italian bartender named Giovanni whom he meets at a Parisian gay bar.
“Maybe everything bad that happens to you makes you weaker, and so you can stand less and less.”
James Baldwin book Giovanni's Room
Pt. 2, Ch. 3 - p.97
Giovanni's Room (1956)
