Perhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
TONI MORRISONYou wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
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I don’t think one parent can raise a child. I don’t think two parents can raise a child. You really need the whole village.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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Misery don’t call ahead. That’s why you have to stay awake – otherwise it just walks on in your door.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
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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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The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.
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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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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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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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