For me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.
TONI MORRISONFreeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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You are your best thing.
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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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My theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game.
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We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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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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The enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.
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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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Lonely was much better than alone.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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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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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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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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