He wants to put his story next to hers.
TONI MORRISONThere is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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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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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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The best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time.
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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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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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Art invites us to know beauty and to solicit it, summon it, from even the most tragic of circumstances.
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We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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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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Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn’t have each other you had nothing.
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If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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