If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
TONI MORRISONFor me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double.
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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn’t have each other you had nothing.
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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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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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If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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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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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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