It was a fine cry – loud and long – but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
TONI MORRISONBeloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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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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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
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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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She learned the intricacy of loneliness: the horror of color, the roar of soundlessness and the menace of familiar objects lying still.
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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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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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All art is knowing when to stop.
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Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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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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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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Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn’t have each other you had nothing.
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