What a woman. What a life.
TONI MORRISONI didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read 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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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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Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
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What’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?
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There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.
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Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.
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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
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I don’t think one parent can raise a child. I don’t think two parents can raise a child. You really need the whole village.
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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