Being able to laugh got me through.
TONI MORRISONYou have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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You are your own stories.
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Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn’t have each other you had nothing.
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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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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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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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From my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.
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What a woman. What a life.
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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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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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There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race – scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct, it has a social function, racism.
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