As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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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Misery don’t call ahead. That’s why you have to stay awake – otherwise it just walks on in your door.
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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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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
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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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To get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.
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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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A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves – a special kind of double.
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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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Lonely was much better than alone.
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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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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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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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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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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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