Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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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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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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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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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There’s a difference between writing for a living and writing for life. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises. If you write for life, you’ll work hard; you’ll do what’s honest, not what pays.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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And I am all the things I have ever loved: scuppernong wine, cool baptisms in silent water, dream books and number playing.
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The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.
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Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
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All important things are hard.
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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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