Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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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I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can’t teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.
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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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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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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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Art invites us to know beauty and to solicit it, summon it, from even the most tragic of circumstances.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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My theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game.
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There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.
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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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Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn’t have each other you had nothing.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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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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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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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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