All art is knowing when to stop.
TONI MORRISONWriting 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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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
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It was a fine cry – loud and long – but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
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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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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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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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Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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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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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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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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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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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double.
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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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