Lonely was much better than alone.
TONI MORRISONSometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don’t feel safe.
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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In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. This is precisely the time when artists go to work.
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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
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And I am all the things I have ever loved: scuppernong wine, cool baptisms in silent water, dream books and number playing.
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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.
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I didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
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I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can’t teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.
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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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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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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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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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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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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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