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Toni Morrison Quotes

No one ever talks about the moment you found that you were white. Or the moment you found out you were black. That’s a profound revelation. The minute you find that out, something happens. You have to renegotiate everything Picture Quote #1

Unpersecuted, unjailed, unharrassed writers are trouble for the ignorant bully, the sly racist, and the predators feeding off the world’s resources Picture Quote #1

I have the wonderful pleasure of finishing the book and closing it. And I don’t read them later Picture Quote #1

I don’t think I knew any of my father’s friends - male friends - by their real names. I remember them only by their nicknames Picture Quote #1

Anger ... it’s a paralyzing emotion ... you can’t get anything done Picture Quote #1

Most of the really good literature I’ve read in my life was political, meaning it was important - about something going on in the history of the world - or contemporary Picture Quote #1

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It’s bliss when you give up all that stuff that separates you from other human beings. It’s hard, but you break down all that stuff Picture Quote #1

The best hiding place was love. Thus the conversion from pristine sadism to fabricated hatred, to fraudulent love Picture Quote #1

All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was Picture Quote #1

At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough Picture Quote #1

Everybody gets everything handed to them. The rich inherit it. I don't mean just inheritance of money. I mean what people take for granted among the middle and upper classes, which is nepotism, the old-boy network Picture Quote #1

I don't think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. It's perceived as one because of the notion that a head is a man Picture Quote #1

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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 order. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind Picture Quote #1

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power Picture Quote #1

The body is ready to have babies. Nature wants it done then, when the body can handle it, not after 40, when the income can handle it Picture Quote #1

There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people Picture Quote #1

Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us Picture Quote #1

Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it Picture Quote #1

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I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insult, as pitiable, from the other person. I never absorbed that. I always thought that there was something deficient about such people Picture Quote #1

I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and who always assumed they had to work and rear children and manage homes Picture Quote #1

I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort Picture Quote #1

I would solve a lot of literary problems just thinking about a character in the subway, where you can't do anything anyway Picture Quote #1

I'm not entangled in shaping my work according to other people's views of how I should have done it Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You are confined by your own repression Picture Quote #1

Nelson Mandela is, for me, the single statesman in the world. The single statesman, in that literal sense, who is not solving all his problems with guns. It's truly unbelievable Picture Quote #1

One of my kids was born in 1968. There were going to be political difficulties, but they were never going to have that level of hatred and contempt that my brothers and my sister and myself were exposed to Picture Quote #1

Schools must stop being holding pens to keep energetic young people off the job market and off the streets. We stretch puberty out a long, long time Picture Quote #1

The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book Picture Quote #1

There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how Picture Quote #1

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No one ever talks about the moment you found that you were white. Or the moment you found out you were black. That’s a profound revelation. The minute you find that out, something happens. You have to renegotiate everything. (Toni Morrison Quotes) Unpersecuted, unjailed, unharrassed writers are trouble for the ignorant bully, the sly racist, and the predators feeding off the world’s resources. (Toni Morrison Quotes) I have the wonderful pleasure of finishing the book and closing it. And I don’t read them later. (Toni Morrison Quotes) I don’t think I knew any of my father’s friends - male friends - by their real names. I remember them only by their nicknames. (Toni Morrison Quotes) Anger ... it’s a paralyzing emotion ... you can’t get anything done. (Toni Morrison Quotes) Most of the really good literature I’ve read in my life was political, meaning it was important - about something going on in the history of the world - or contemporary. (Toni Morrison Quotes) It’s bliss when you give up all that stuff that separates you from other human beings. It’s hard, but you break down all that stuff. (Toni Morrison Quotes) The best hiding place was love. Thus the conversion from pristine sadism to fabricated hatred, to fraudulent love. (Toni Morrison Quotes) All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was (Toni Morrison Quotes) At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough (Toni Morrison Quotes) Everybody gets everything handed to them. The rich inherit it. I don't mean just inheritance of money. I mean what people take for granted among the middle and upper classes, which is nepotism, the old-boy network (Toni Morrison Quotes) I don't think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. It's perceived as one because of the notion that a head is a man (Toni Morrison Quotes) 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 order. It's good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind (Toni Morrison Quotes) The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power (Toni Morrison Quotes) The body is ready to have babies. Nature wants it done then, when the body can handle it, not after 40, when the income can handle it (Toni Morrison Quotes) There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people (Toni Morrison Quotes) Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us (Toni Morrison Quotes) Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it (Toni Morrison Quotes) I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insult, as pitiable, from the other person. I never absorbed that. I always thought that there was something deficient about such people (Toni Morrison Quotes) I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and who always assumed they had to work and rear children and manage homes (Toni Morrison Quotes) I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort (Toni Morrison Quotes) I would solve a lot of literary problems just thinking about a character in the subway, where you can't do anything anyway (Toni Morrison Quotes) I'm not entangled in shaping my work according to other people's views of how I should have done it (Toni Morrison Quotes) 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 (Toni Morrison Quotes) If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You are confined by your own repression (Toni Morrison Quotes) Nelson Mandela is, for me, the single statesman in the world. The single statesman, in that literal sense, who is not solving all his problems with guns. It's truly unbelievable (Toni Morrison Quotes) One of my kids was born in 1968. There were going to be political difficulties, but they were never going to have that level of hatred and contempt that my brothers and my sister and myself were exposed to (Toni Morrison Quotes) Schools must stop being holding pens to keep energetic young people off the job market and off the streets. We stretch puberty out a long, long time (Toni Morrison Quotes) The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book (Toni Morrison Quotes) There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how (Toni Morrison Quotes)

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