All important things are hard.
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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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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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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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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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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Something that is loved is never lost.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn’t have each other you had nothing.
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There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.
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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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