I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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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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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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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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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There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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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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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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Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
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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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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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Art invites us to know beauty and to solicit it, summon it, from even the most tragic of circumstances.
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