I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies.
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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If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And white people have a very, very serious problem.
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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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All important things are hard.
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There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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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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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.
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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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You are your own stories.
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Being able to laugh got me through.
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