Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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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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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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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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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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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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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What a woman. What a life.
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Racism will disappear when it’s no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it’ll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.
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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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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can’t teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.
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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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