You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
TONI MORRISONYou wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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You are your own stories.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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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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Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
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Writing is really a way of thinking–not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.
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The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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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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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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