Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
TONI MORRISONYou are your own stories.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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You are your own stories.
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There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.
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I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies.
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If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.
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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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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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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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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.
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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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What a woman. What a life.
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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
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A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double.
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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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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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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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There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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