But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
TONI MORRISONThe peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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I’ve spent my entire writing life trying to make sure that the white gaze was not the dominant one in any of my books.
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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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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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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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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Perhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
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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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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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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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The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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