And I am all the things I have ever loved: scuppernong wine, cool baptisms in silent water, dream books and number playing.
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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I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.
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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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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
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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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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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What a woman. What a life.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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To get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.
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You are your own stories.
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