He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
TONI MORRISONTo get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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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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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can’t teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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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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