For me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.
TONI MORRISONMisery don’t call ahead. That’s why you have to stay awake – otherwise it just walks on in your door.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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From my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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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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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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I didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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You are your best thing.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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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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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
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For me the history of the place of black people in this country is so varied, complex and beautiful. And impactful.
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But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
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