I get angry about things, then go on and work.
TONI MORRISONFrom my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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All important things are hard.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.
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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. This is precisely the time when artists go to work.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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I didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
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Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
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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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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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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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There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.
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