Sometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don’t feel safe.
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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You are your own stories.
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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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You are your best thing.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And white people have a very, very serious problem.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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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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