Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
TONI MORRISONLonely was much better than alone.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Racism will disappear when it’s no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it’ll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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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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All important things are hard.
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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
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And I am all the things I have ever loved: scuppernong wine, cool baptisms in silent water, dream books and number playing.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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I didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And white people have a very, very serious problem.
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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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