There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race – scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct, it has a social function, racism.
TONI MORRISONI 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.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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Lonely was much better than alone.
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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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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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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
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Something that is loved is never lost.
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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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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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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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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.
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