There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.
TONI MORRISONI always know the ending; that’s where I start.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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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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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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Misery don’t call ahead. That’s why you have to stay awake – otherwise it just walks on in your door.
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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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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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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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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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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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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
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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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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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The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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