She learned the intricacy of loneliness: the horror of color, the roar of soundlessness and the menace of familiar objects lying still.
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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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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You are your best thing.
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If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
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All important things are hard.
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Misery don’t call ahead. That’s why you have to stay awake – otherwise it just walks on in your door.
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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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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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What a woman. What a life.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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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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From my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.
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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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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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