Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
TONI MORRISONWhat’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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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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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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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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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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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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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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Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn’t have each other you had nothing.
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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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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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