Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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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There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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There is an incredible amount of magic and feistiness in black men that nobody has been able to wipe out. But everybody has tried.
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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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Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.
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Art invites us to know beauty and to solicit it, summon it, from even the most tragic of circumstances.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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