You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
TONI MORRISONYou free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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I didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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Love is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
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I’ve spent my entire writing life trying to make sure that the white gaze was not the dominant one in any of my books.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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Lonely was much better than alone.
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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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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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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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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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All art is knowing when to stop.
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The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.
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There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.
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