Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
TONI MORRISONBeauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
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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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Love is never any better than the lover.
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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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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
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You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
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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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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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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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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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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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Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn’t have each other you had nothing.
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