For me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.
TONI MORRISONA dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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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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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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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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There is an incredible amount of magic and feistiness in black men that nobody has been able to wipe out. But everybody has tried.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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All important things are hard.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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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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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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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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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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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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