I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies.
TONI MORRISONBeing able to laugh got me through.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can’t teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.
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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 peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And white people have a very, very serious problem.
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I’ve spent my entire writing life trying to make sure that the white gaze was not the dominant one in any of my books.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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When a child walks in the room, your child or anybody else’s child, do your eyes light up? That’s what they’re looking for.
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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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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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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
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