If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
TONI MORRISONMake a difference about something other than yourselves.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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It was a fine cry – loud and long – but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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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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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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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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Lonely was much better than alone.
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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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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 didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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All important things are hard.
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