What a woman. What a life.
TONI MORRISONSomething that is loved is never lost.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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Racism will disappear when it’s no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it’ll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con.
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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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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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You are your own stories.
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There is an incredible amount of magic and feistiness in black men that nobody has been able to wipe out. But everybody has tried.
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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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The enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things.
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I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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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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You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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Something that is loved is never lost.
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Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
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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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