When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
TONI MORRISONThe function of freedom is to free someone else.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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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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Something that is loved is never lost.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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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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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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What a woman. What a life.
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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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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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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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