My theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game.
TONI MORRISONLike any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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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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Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
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If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.
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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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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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You are your own stories.
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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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I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies.
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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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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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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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All important things are hard.
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