The function of freedom is to free someone else.
TONI MORRISONIn this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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I’ve spent my entire writing life trying to make sure that the white gaze was not the dominant one in any of my books.
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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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It was a fine cry – loud and long – but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
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Something that is loved is never lost.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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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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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race – scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct, it has a social function, racism.
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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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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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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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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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