Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
TONI MORRISONWhen there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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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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Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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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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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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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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Love is never any better than the lover.
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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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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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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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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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You are your own stories.
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