Status Updates From If Beale Street Could Talk

So far very enjoyable, I love the way in which Baldwin expresses the characters’ love for the other. I have never seen love be portrayed this way before. It is very beautiful and refreshing to see.
Very saddened by the fact that one of the main characters is in jail. Also… is he GAY?

“But watch out for cops. They’re murder.”

“And: the only way anything ever gets done is when you make up your mind to do it.”

“I know about suffering. I know that it ends. I ain’t going to tell you no lies, like it always ends for the better. Sometimes it ends for the worse. You can suffer so bad that you can be driven to a place where you can’t even suffer again: and that’s worse.”