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.
TONI MORRISONDefinitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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What’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?
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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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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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All art is knowing when to stop.
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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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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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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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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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Misery don’t call ahead. That’s why you have to stay awake – otherwise it just walks on in your door.
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I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
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