Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
TONI MORRISONWe die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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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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Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
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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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A dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
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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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You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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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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Perhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.
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