I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
TONI MORRISONI wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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You are your best thing.
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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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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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From my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.
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We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.
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Misery don’t call ahead. That’s why you have to stay awake – otherwise it just walks on in your door.
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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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What’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?
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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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