Something that is loved is never lost.
TONI MORRISONYou wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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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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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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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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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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I don’t think one parent can raise a child. I don’t think two parents can raise a child. You really need the whole village.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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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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