If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
TONI MORRISONAt some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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There’s a difference between writing for a living and writing for life. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises. If you write for life, you’ll work hard; you’ll do what’s honest, not what pays.
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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
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You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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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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It was a fine cry – loud and long – but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
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Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
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From my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.
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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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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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Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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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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