I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can’t teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.
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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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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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
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A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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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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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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Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
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If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And white people have a very, very serious problem.
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You are your best thing.
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I don’t think one parent can raise a child. I don’t think two parents can raise a child. You really need the whole village.
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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It was a fine cry – loud and long – but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
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