Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
TONI MORRISONA friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
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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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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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I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.
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If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.
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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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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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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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What’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?
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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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