Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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There 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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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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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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We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.
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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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When a child walks in the room, your child or anybody else’s child, do your eyes light up? That’s what they’re looking for.
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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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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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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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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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Wicked people love wickedly, violent people love violently, weak people love weakly, stupid people love stupidly, but the love of a free man is never safe.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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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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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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