Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
TONI MORRISONI dream a dream that dreams back at me.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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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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And I am all the things I have ever loved: scuppernong wine, cool baptisms in silent water, dream books and number playing.
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The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.
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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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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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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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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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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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