We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.
TONI MORRISONThere 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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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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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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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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From my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.
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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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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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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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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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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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