Lonely was much better than alone.
TONI MORRISONWhen a child walks in the room, your child or anybody else’s child, do your eyes light up? That’s what they’re looking for.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
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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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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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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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Racism 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.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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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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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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To get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.
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What a woman. What a life.
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Perhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
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Something that is loved is never lost.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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