Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
TONI MORRISONA dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe.
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There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.
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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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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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Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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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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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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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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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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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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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
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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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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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