I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can’t teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.
TONI MORRISONPerhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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Perhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take 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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When a child walks in the room, your child or anybody else’s child, do your eyes light up? That’s what they’re looking for.
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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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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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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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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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There is an incredible amount of magic and feistiness in black men that nobody has been able to wipe out. But everybody has tried.
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