You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
TONI MORRISONI always know the ending; that’s where I start.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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What’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?
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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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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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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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A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double.
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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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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There’s a difference between writing for a living and writing for life. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises. If you write for life, you’ll work hard; you’ll do what’s honest, not what pays.
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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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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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