The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.
TONI MORRISONPerhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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What a woman. What a life.
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All important things are hard.
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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Sometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don’t feel safe.
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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe.
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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
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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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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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