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| 44ce3d2 | "I do not know what I would do if you left me." For the first time I felt the suggestion of a threat in his voice--or I put it there. "I have been alone so long--I do not think I would be able to live if I had to be alone again." | relationship romantic-relationship giovanni-s-room james-baldwin suicidal threat | James Baldwin | |
| a42abda | I loved her as much as ever and I still did not know how much that was. | relationship love uncertain romantic-relationship giovanni-s-room james-baldwin confused | James Baldwin | |
| ca29477 | But she saw nothing in my eyes--she stared at me as though I had made a long journey on a white charger all the way to her prison house. | simile knight-in-shining-armor miscommunication romantic-relationship giovanni-s-room james-baldwin | James Baldwin |