Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
TONI MORRISONIt is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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You are your own stories.
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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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Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
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I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can’t teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.
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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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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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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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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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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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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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Art invites us to know beauty and to solicit it, summon it, from even the most tragic of circumstances.
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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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If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
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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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I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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