If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
TONI MORRISONHe wants to put his story next to hers.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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When a child walks in the room, your child or anybody else’s child, do your eyes light up? That’s what they’re looking for.
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To get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.
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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
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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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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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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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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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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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What a woman. What a life.
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You are your best thing.
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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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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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