The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.
TONI MORRISONIt is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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What a woman. What a life.
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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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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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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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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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Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
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We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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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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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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All important things are hard.
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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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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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