Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
TONI MORRISONAll important things are hard.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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She learned the intricacy of loneliness: the horror of color, the roar of soundlessness and the menace of familiar objects lying still.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
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There is an incredible amount of magic and feistiness in black men that nobody has been able to wipe out. But everybody has tried.
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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 have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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You are your own stories.
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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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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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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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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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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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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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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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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Misery don’t call ahead. That’s why you have to stay awake – otherwise it just walks on in your door.
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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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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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Lonely was much better than alone.
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I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies.
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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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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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