He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And white people have a very, very serious problem.
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Sometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don’t feel safe.
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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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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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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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Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe.
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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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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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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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