A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
TONI MORRISONAll art is knowing when to stop.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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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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Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
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You are your best thing.
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What a woman. What a life.
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.
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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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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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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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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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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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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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