He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
TONI MORRISONYou need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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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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I didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
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My theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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You are your best thing.
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There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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All important things are hard.
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Perhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
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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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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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