When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
TONI MORRISONFreedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
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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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There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.
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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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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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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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Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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And I am all the things I have ever loved: scuppernong wine, cool baptisms in silent water, dream books and number playing.
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The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
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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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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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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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When a child walks in the room, your child or anybody else’s child, do your eyes light up? That’s what they’re looking for.
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