A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double.
TONI MORRISONOppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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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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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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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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You are your best thing.
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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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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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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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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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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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