I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can’t teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.
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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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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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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You are your best thing.
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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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There 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.
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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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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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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
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Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
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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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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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What a woman. What a life.
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Writing is really a way of thinking–not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.
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The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
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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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