The function of freedom is to free someone else.
TONI MORRISONBeauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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Lonely was much better than alone.
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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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All important things are hard.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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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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Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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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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