You are your own stories.
TONI MORRISONBut to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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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 don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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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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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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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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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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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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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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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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But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
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There is an incredible amount of magic and feistiness in black men that nobody has been able to wipe out. But everybody has tried.
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