Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
TONI MORRISON
All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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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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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 don’t think one parent can raise a child. I don’t think two parents can raise a child. You really need the whole village.
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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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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
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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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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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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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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
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