If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
TONI MORRISONI didn’t want to speak for black people. I wanted to speak to and to be among. It’s us.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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You are your own stories.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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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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Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn’t have each other you had nothing.
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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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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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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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Books are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
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Black people’s music is in a class by itself and always has been.
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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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All art is knowing when to stop.
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Something that is loved is never lost.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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