Being able to laugh got me through.
TONI MORRISONThe enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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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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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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There is an incredible amount of magic and feistiness in black men that nobody has been able to wipe out. But everybody has tried.
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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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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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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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Lonely was much better than alone.
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Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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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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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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