Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
TONI MORRISONFreedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
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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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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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Racism will disappear when it’s no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it’ll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.
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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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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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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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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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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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