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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.

Toni Morrison

Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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Action Book Change Knowledge Mind Political Reflection
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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Circle Cry Loud Sad Sorrow
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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Concept Enemy Men World
Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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Come Back Dead Deep Hurt Life
The best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time.
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Art Beautiful Politics Time
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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Difficult Except Handle Inspirational Refuge
I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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Angry Work
Writing is really a way of thinking–not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.
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Disperate Mystery Problem Sweet Thinking Writing
There’s a difference between writing for a living and writing for life. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises. If you write for life, you’ll work hard; you’ll do what’s honest, not what pays.
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Difference Hard Work Honesty Life Live Pay Writing
What’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?
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Success Want World
Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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Change Inspirtional Passion Skill
All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
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Allow Design Paradise People
When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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Broken Heart Pain Sad Suffering
Being able to laugh got me through.
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Inspirational Laugh One Liner Positive
Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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Claim Freedom Ownership Yourself
All art is knowing when to stop.
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Art Inspirational One Liner Stop

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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