We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
TONI MORRISONBlack people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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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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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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All important things are hard.
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There’s a difference between writing for a living and writing for life. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises. If you write for life, you’ll work hard; you’ll do what’s honest, not what pays.
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My theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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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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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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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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The best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time.
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