We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.
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.
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We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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I didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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What a woman. What a life.
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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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Lonely was much better than alone.
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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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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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