Something that is loved is never lost.
TONI MORRISONThe best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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All important things are hard.
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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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You are your best thing.
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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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The enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.
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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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Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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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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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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It was a fine cry – loud and long – but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
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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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A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double.
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