All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
TONI MORRISONI have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer – its dust and lowering skies.
More Toni Morrison Quotes
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I dream a dream that dreams back at me.
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I don’t think one parent can raise a child. I don’t think two parents can raise a child. You really need the whole village.
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You don’t have to love me but you damn well have to respect me.
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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
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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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My theory is that the world is a difficult place to live in and distraction is the name of the game.
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Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
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He wants to put his story next to hers.
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Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
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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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We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
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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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Let your face speak what’s in your heart.
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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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I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.
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