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We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.

Toni Morrison

Racism will disappear when it’s no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it’ll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.
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Disappear Happen Money People Profit Psychology Racism
He wants to put his story next to hers.
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Couple Love Story Want
If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
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Book Writing
Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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Literature One Liner Wisdom
Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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Come Back Dead Deep Hurt Life
Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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Claim Freedom Ownership Yourself
Sometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don’t feel safe.
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Feeling Safe Writing
Writing is really a way of thinking–not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.
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Disperate Mystery Problem Sweet Thinking Writing
The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.
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Ability Imagination Power Strange Writing
Being able to laugh got me through.
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Inspirational Laugh One Liner Positive
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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Book Reading Want
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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Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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Beautiful Women
Love is never any better than the lover.
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Love Lover
From my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.
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