It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
TONI MORRISONI didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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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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Sometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don’t feel safe.
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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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You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
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And I am all the things I have ever loved: scuppernong wine, cool baptisms in silent water, dream books and number playing.
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You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
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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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What a woman. What a life.
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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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There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race – scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct, it has a social function, racism.
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Love is never any better than the lover.
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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 this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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