Lonely was much better than alone.
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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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
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The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.
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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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A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double.
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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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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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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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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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Perhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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