Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
TONI MORRISONHe wants to put his story next to hers.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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Lonely was much better than alone.
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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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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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And I am all the things I have ever loved: scuppernong wine, cool baptisms in silent water, dream books and number playing.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.
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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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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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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 wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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What a woman. What a life.
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Something that is loved is never lost.
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But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
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You are your best thing.
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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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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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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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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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If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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