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Toni Morrison

Writing is really a way of thinking–not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.
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Disperate Mystery Problem Sweet Thinking Writing
Being able to laugh got me through.
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Inspirational Laugh One Liner Positive
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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Beautiful Black Lives Matter Complex Country History Impact Place
Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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Love One Liner
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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Choose Freedom Love Permission Place
The enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.
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Concept Enemy Men World
Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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Artist Danger She Women
I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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Angry Work
A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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Friendship Giving Pieces
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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Man People Safe Stupidity Violence Weakness Wicked
I don’t think one parent can raise a child. I don’t think two parents can raise a child. You really need the whole village.
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Children Need Parents Raise Thinking Village
Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
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Liberty Silence
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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Children Look Room Walk
What a woman. What a life.
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Life Woman
Love is never any better than the lover.
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Love Lover
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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Choose Decision Discourage Safe Seldom Value Want

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