If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And white people have a very, very serious problem.
TONI MORRISONIn times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent. This is precisely the time when artists go to work.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
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If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.
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I always know the ending; that’s where I start.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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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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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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Literature, it seems to me, is wisdom.
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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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Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.
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Writing is really a way of thinking–not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet.
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You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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