Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
TONI MORRISONFreeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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It was a fine cry – loud and long – but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
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Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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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.
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Writing is really a way of thinking–not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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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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Something that is loved is never lost.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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I’ve spent my entire writing life trying to make sure that the white gaze was not the dominant one in any of my books.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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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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The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.
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