The enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.
TONI MORRISONYour life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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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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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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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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All important things are hard.
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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.
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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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If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.
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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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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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