Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
TONI MORRISONLike any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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What a woman. What a life.
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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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If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And white people have a very, very serious problem.
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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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Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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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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Love is never any better than the lover.
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Perhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can’t teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.
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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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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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The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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