If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
TONI MORRISONAnger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
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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 didn’t fall in love, I rose in it.
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.
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Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
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Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.
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Freedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
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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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At some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
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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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Lonely was much better than alone.
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Passion is never enough; neither is skill.
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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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