I’ve spent my entire writing life trying to make sure that the white gaze was not the dominant one in any of my books.
TONI MORRISONThe function of freedom is to free someone else.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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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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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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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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What a woman. What a life.
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The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.
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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race – scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct, it has a social function, racism.
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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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To get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.
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