A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double.
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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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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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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She learned the intricacy of loneliness: the horror of color, the roar of soundlessness and the menace of familiar objects lying still.
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Sometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don’t feel safe.
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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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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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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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You are your own stories.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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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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Something that is loved is never lost.
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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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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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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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