For me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.
TONI MORRISONYou have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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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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Sometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don’t feel safe.
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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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It was a fine cry – loud and long – but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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The enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.
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If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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I didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
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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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