I didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
TONI MORRISONI type in one place, but I write all over the house.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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What a woman. What a life.
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I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.
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Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
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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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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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My theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
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I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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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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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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