And I am all the things I have ever loved: scuppernong wine, cool baptisms in silent water, dream books and number playing.
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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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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Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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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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Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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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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What’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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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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What a woman. What a life.
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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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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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Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
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