I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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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And I am all the things I have ever loved: scuppernong wine, cool baptisms in silent water, dream books and number playing.
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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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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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I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.
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The enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.
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Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe.
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I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can’t teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.
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What a woman. What a life.
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