Love is never any better than the lover.
TONI MORRISONBlack people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
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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There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.
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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
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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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The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.
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I don’t think one parent can raise a child. I don’t think two parents can raise a child. You really need the whole village.
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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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Something that is loved is never lost.
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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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