I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
TONI MORRISONBlack women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn’t have each other you had nothing.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write 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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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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It was a fine cry – loud and long – but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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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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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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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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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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Something that is loved is never lost.
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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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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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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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Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe.
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