Racism will disappear when it’s no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it’ll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.
TONI MORRISONBeloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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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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I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies.
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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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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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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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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race – scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct, it has a social function, racism.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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