We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.
TONI MORRISONHe wants to put his story next to hers.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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Something that is loved is never lost.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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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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All important things are hard.
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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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Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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Art invites us to know beauty and to solicit it, summon it, from even the most tragic of circumstances.
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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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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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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
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I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.
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