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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

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Being able to laugh got me through.
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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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All important things are hard.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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Something that is loved is never lost.
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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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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.
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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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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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To get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.
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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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All art is knowing when to stop.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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She learned the intricacy of loneliness: the horror of color, the roar of soundlessness and the menace of familiar objects lying still.
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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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