I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.
TONI MORRISONDefinitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
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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Being able to laugh got me through.
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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
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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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Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn’t have each other you had nothing.
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From my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.
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The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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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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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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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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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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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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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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