Lonely was much better than alone.
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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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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All important things are hard.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
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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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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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What’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?
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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
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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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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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Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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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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