Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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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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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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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Writing is really a way of thinking–not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.
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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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In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. This is precisely the time when artists go to work.
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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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What a woman. What a life.
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You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
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You are your own stories.
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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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There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race – scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct, it has a social function, racism.
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Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
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You are your best thing.
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