Love is never any better than the lover.
TONI MORRISONBooks are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
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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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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.
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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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To get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.
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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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Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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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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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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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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