She learned the intricacy of loneliness: the horror of color, the roar of soundlessness and the menace of familiar objects lying still.
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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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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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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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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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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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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What’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?
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Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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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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In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. This is precisely the time when artists go to work.
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