Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
TONI MORRISONLonely was much better than alone.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
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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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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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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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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn’t have each other you had nothing.
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You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but 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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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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