Love is never any better than the lover.
TONI MORRISONYou free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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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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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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You are your own stories.
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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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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
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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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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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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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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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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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