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.
TONI MORRISONHe wants to put his story next to hers.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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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 fall in love, I rose in it.
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You are your best thing.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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I don’t think one parent can raise a child. I don’t think two parents can raise a child. You really need the whole village.
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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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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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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. This is precisely the time when artists go to work.
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Something that is loved is never lost.
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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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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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