Sometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don’t feel safe.
TONI MORRISONI didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
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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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A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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It was a fine cry – loud and long – but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow.
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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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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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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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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
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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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But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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