He wants to put his story next to hers.
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Perhaps 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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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can’t teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.
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But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
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A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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There 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.
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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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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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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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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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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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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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It was a fine cry – loud and long – but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
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