The enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.
TONI MORRISONIf 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.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
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She learned the intricacy of loneliness: the horror of color, the roar of soundlessness and the menace of familiar objects lying still.
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He can’t value you more than you value yourself.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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You are your own stories.
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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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When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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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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But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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