Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
TONI MORRISONIf there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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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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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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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
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There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.
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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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