Something that is loved is never lost.
TONI MORRISONIt is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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All important things are hard.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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Writing is really a way of thinking–not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.
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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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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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We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
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What a woman. What a life.
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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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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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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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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.
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To get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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