Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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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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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I didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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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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All art is knowing when to stop.
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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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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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Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
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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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