Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
TONI MORRISONDon’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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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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There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. This is precisely the time when artists go to work.
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You are your best thing.
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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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We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
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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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