It was a fine cry – loud and long – but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
TONI MORRISONShe learned the intricacy of loneliness: the horror of color, the roar of soundlessness and the menace of familiar objects lying still.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
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In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. This is precisely the time when artists go to work.
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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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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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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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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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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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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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The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.
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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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