Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
TONI MORRISONA friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. This is precisely the time when artists go to work.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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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 really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.
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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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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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Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
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You are your own stories.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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When a child walks in the room, your child or anybody else’s child, do your eyes light up? That’s what they’re looking for.
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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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