The enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.
TONI MORRISONFrom my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
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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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Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
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Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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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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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
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