Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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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Something that is loved is never lost.
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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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There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race – scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct, it has a social function, racism.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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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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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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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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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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Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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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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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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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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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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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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