But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
TONI MORRISONIn times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. This is precisely the time when artists go to work.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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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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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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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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The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
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Misery don’t call ahead. That’s why you have to stay awake – otherwise it just walks on in your door.
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If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And white people have a very, very serious problem.
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Perhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
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Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.
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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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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
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