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Toni Morrison
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
“She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the ri...
“Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.”
“Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.”
“Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form.”
“You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.”
“Anger ... it's a paralyzing emotion ... you can't get anything done. People sort of think it's an interesting, passiona...
“Along with the idea of romantic love, she was introduced to another--physical beauty. Probably the most destructive ide...
“She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right...
“Writing is really a way of thinking--not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysteri...
“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.”
“Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.”
“What difference do it make if the thing you scared of is real or not?”
“At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is...
“Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the...
“She was the third beer. Not the first one, which the throat receives with almost tearful gratitude; nor the second, tha...
“As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.”
“But to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.”
