Love is never any better than the lover.
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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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
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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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The best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time.
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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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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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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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Something that is loved is never lost.
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All important things are hard.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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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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Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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Perhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
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