To get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.
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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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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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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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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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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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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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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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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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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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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She learned the intricacy of loneliness: the horror of color, the roar of soundlessness and the menace of familiar objects lying still.
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Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
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Something that is loved is never lost.
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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