To get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.
TONI MORRISONMy theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Something that is loved is never lost.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe.
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You are your own stories.
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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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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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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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