He wants to put his story next to hers.
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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We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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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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The best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time.
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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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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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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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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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I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies.
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