Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
TONI MORRISONAll water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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To get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.
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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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Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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Sometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don’t feel safe.
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You are your own stories.
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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe.
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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 don’t think one parent can raise a child. I don’t think two parents can raise a child. You really need the whole village.
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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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Love is never any better than the lover.
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I didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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