Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
TONI MORRISONWriting is really a way of thinking–not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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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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Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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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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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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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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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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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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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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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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