Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
TONI MORRISONI wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
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What a woman. What a life.
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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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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
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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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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.
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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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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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