My theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game.
TONI MORRISONWe mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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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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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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To get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.
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Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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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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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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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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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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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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