A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
TONI MORRISONPerhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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 have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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It was a fine cry – loud and long – but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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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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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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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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What’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double.
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