You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
TONI MORRISONI didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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I’ve spent my entire writing life trying to make sure that the white gaze was not the dominant one in any of my books.
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What’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?
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Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
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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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Something that is loved is never lost.
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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
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You are your own stories.
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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe.
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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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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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