At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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 wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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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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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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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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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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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can’t teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.
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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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The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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