Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
TONI MORRISONI dream a dream that dreams back at me.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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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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Being able to laugh got me through.
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Sometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don’t feel safe.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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She learned the intricacy of loneliness: the horror of color, the roar of soundlessness and the menace of familiar objects lying still.
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You are your best thing.
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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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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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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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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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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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In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. This is precisely the time when artists go to work.
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