Writing is really a way of thinking–not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.
TONI MORRISONThere is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race – scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct, it has a social function, racism.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
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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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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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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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I’ve spent my entire writing life trying to make sure that the white gaze was not the dominant one in any of my books.
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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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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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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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You are your own stories.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
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There’s a difference between writing for a living and writing for life. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises. If you write for life, you’ll work hard; you’ll do what’s honest, not what pays.
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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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