My theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game.
TONI MORRISONMe and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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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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When a child walks in the room, your child or anybody else’s child, do your eyes light up? That’s what they’re looking for.
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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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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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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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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 women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn’t have each other you had nothing.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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You are your own stories.
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You are your best thing.
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What a woman. What a life.
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We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
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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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