I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.
TONI MORRISONAll important things are hard.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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What a woman. What a life.
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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And white people have a very, very serious problem.
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The enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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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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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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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.
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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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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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