But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
TONI MORRISONHe can’t value you more than you value yourself.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.
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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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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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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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From my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
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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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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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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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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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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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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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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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