Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
TONI MORRISONThere 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.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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What a woman. What a life.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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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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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 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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There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race – scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct, it has a social function, racism.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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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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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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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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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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