All art is knowing when to stop.
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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Perhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
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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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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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Being able to laugh got me through.
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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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There is an incredible amount of magic and feistiness in black men that nobody has been able to wipe out. But everybody has tried.
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Racism will disappear when it’s no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it’ll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.
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There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.
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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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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race – scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct, it has a social function, racism.
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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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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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