In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
TONI MORRISONThe 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.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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What a woman. What a life.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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For me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.
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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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My theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game.
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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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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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Something that is loved is never lost.
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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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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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