He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
TONI MORRISONNavigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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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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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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The best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time.
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From my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.
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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
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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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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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All important things are hard.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. This is precisely the time when artists go to work.
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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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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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