Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
TONI MORRISONYou have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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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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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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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.
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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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All important things are hard.
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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
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You are your best thing.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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