A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
TONI MORRISONThere is an incredible amount of magic and feistiness in black men that nobody has been able to wipe out. But everybody has tried.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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All art is knowing when to stop.
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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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There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.
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I didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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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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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
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What a woman. What a life.
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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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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 is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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