Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
TONI MORRISONFreeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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To get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
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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 get angry about things, then go on and work.
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A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double.
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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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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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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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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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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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