The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.
TONI MORRISONThere is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
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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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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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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’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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In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. This is precisely the time when artists go to work.
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Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
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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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