At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
TONI MORRISONA sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies.
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I’ve spent my entire writing life trying to make sure that the white gaze was not the dominant one in any of my books.
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Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.
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There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.
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The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
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When a child walks in the room, your child or anybody else’s child, do your eyes light up? That’s what they’re looking for.
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For me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.
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You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
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She learned the intricacy of loneliness: the horror of color, the roar of soundlessness and the menace of familiar objects lying still.
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