A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
TONI MORRISONRacism will disappear when it’s no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it’ll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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Perhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies.
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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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From my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.
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If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And white people have a very, very serious problem.
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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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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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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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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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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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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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