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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More Toni Morrison Quotes
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We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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You are your best thing.
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Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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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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The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.
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Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn’t have each other you had nothing.
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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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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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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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