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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Misery don’t call ahead. That’s why you have to stay awake – otherwise it just walks on in your door.
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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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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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Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
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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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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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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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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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Love is never any better than the lover.
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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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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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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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What a woman. What a life.
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