What’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?
TONI MORRISONYour life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Something that is loved is never lost.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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Perhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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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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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
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Misery don’t call ahead. That’s why you have to stay awake – otherwise it just walks on in your door.
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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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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Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
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