Racism 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.
TONI MORRISONWhen a child walks in the room, your child or anybody else’s child, do your eyes light up? That’s what they’re looking for.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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And I am all the things I have ever loved: scuppernong wine, cool baptisms in silent water, dream books and number playing.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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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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But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
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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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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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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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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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I’ve spent my entire writing life trying to make sure that the white gaze was not the dominant one in any of my books.
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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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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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