He wants to put his story next to hers.
TONI MORRISONThe ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.
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What a woman. What a life.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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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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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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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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All art is knowing when to stop.
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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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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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