I don’t think one parent can raise a child. I don’t think two parents can raise a child. You really need the whole village.
TONI MORRISONI think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can’t teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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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 women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn’t have each other you had nothing.
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It was a fine cry – loud and long – but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
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There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.
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What a woman. What a life.
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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race – scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct, it has a social function, racism.
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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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But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
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Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never 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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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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