Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
TONI MORRISONBlack people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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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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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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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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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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To get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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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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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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Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
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My theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game.
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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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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The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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You are your own stories.
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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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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