All art is knowing when to stop.
TONI MORRISONFor me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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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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Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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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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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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The enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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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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What’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?
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Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.
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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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Sometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don’t feel safe.
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Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
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Perhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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