He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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 always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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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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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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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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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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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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Art invites us to know beauty and to solicit it, summon it, from even the most tragic of circumstances.
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From my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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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.
TONI MORRISON