What a woman. What a life.
TONI MORRISONThere is an incredible amount of magic and feistiness in black men that nobody has been able to wipe out. But everybody has tried.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Something that is loved is never lost.
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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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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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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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There’s a difference between writing for a living and writing for life. If you write for a living, you make enormous compromises. If you write for life, you’ll work hard; you’ll do what’s honest, not what pays.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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The function of freedom is to free someone else.
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You are your best thing.
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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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All important things are hard.
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