Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
TONI MORRISONThe pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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Misery don’t call ahead. That’s why you have to stay awake – otherwise it just walks on in your door.
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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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I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.
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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race – scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct, it has a social function, racism.
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You are your best thing.
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Something that is loved is never lost.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
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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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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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All important things are hard.
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