There is an incredible amount of magic and feistiness in black men that nobody has been able to wipe out. But everybody has tried.
TONI MORRISONA writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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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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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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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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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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You are your own stories.
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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.
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Navigating a white male world was not threatening. It wasn’t even interesting. I was more interesting than they were.
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I get angry about things, then go on and work.
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Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
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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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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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Love is never any better than the lover.
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Misery don’t call ahead. That’s why you have to stay awake – otherwise it just walks on in your door.
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