You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
TONI MORRISONI get angry about things, then go on and work.
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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She learned the intricacy of loneliness: the horror of color, the roar of soundlessness and the menace of familiar objects lying still.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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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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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 an incredible amount of magic and feistiness in black men that nobody has been able to wipe out. But everybody has tried.
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You are your own stories.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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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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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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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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