He wants to put his story next to hers.
TONI MORRISONMy theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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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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I didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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Something that is loved is never lost.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
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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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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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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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Being able to laugh got me through.
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Racism will disappear when it’s no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it’ll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.
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