Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
TONI MORRISONIf you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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There’s a difference between writing for a living and writing for life. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises. If you write for life, you’ll work hard; you’ll do what’s honest, not what pays.
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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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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Lonely was much better than alone.
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Something that is loved is never lost.
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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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Perhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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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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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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