Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
TONI MORRISONHe can’t value you more than you value yourself.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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You are your best thing.
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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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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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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’ve spent my entire writing life trying to make sure that the white gaze was not the dominant one in any of my books.
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Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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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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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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Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
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