I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
TONI MORRISONRacism will disappear when it’s no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it’ll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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You are your own stories.
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If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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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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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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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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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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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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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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I’ve spent my entire writing life trying to make sure that the white gaze was not the dominant one in any of my books.
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