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.
TONI MORRISONLove is never any better than the lover.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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Something that is loved is never lost.
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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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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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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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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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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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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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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies.
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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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