You have to be a little tough, and rely on yourself. And tell people ‘No’.
TONI MORRISONWhat a woman. What a life.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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What a woman. What a life.
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Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
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There is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.
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All art is knowing when to stop.
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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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A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
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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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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
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You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
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To get to a place where you could love anything you chose – not to need permission for desire – well now that was freedom.
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Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
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If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
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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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