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.
TONI MORRISONA sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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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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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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I don’t think one parent can raise a child. I don’t think two parents can raise a child. You really need the whole village.
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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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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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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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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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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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The best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time.
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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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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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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 want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.
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