I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies.
TONI MORRISONHe wants to put his story next to hers.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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All important things are hard.
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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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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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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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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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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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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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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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If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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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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