Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
TONI MORRISONLonely was much better than alone.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.
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Sometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don’t feel safe.
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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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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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A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
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Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.
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