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You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.

Toni Morrison

What a woman. What a life.
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Life Woman
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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Art Beginning Civilization Dance Painting
You are your own stories.
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Deep One Liner Story
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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Black Lives Matter People Problem Racism Serious
What’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?
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Success Want World
You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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Love Self Respect Women Empowerment
If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.
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Book Reading Want
Liberation means you don’t have to be silenced.
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Liberty Silence
Writing is really a way of thinking–not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.
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Disperate Mystery Problem Sweet Thinking Writing
In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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Country White
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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Book Dominant Life Spend Try White Writing
Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
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Interesting Male Navigate Threat White
If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
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Book Writing
My theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game.
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Difficult Distraction Game Theory World
He wants to put his story next to hers.
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Couple Love Story Want
Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
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Black Lives Matter Crime Live Racism Traget

You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.

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