I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
TONI MORRISONIt was a fine cry – loud and long – but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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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.
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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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Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
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The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
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Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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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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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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