The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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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She learned the intricacy of loneliness: the horror of color, the roar of soundlessness and the menace of familiar objects lying still.
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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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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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Being able to laugh got me through.
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There 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.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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What a woman. What a life.
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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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You are your own stories.
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My theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game.
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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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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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All important things are hard.
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