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Toni Morrison Quotes

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives Picture Quote #1

What difference does it make if the thing you are scared of is real or not? Picture Quote #1

For me, art is the restoration of order. It may discuss all sort of terrible things, but there must be satisfaction at the end. A little bit of hunger, but also satisfaction Picture Quote #1

What I think the political correctness debate is really about is the power to be able to define. The definers want the power to name. And the defined are now taking that power away from them Picture Quote #1

I'm just trying to look at something without blinking, to see what it is like, or it could have been like, and how that had something to do with the way we live now. Novels are always inquiries for me Picture Quote #1

I know what every colored woman in this country is doing.... Dying. Just like me. But the difference is they dying like a stump. Me, I'm going down like one of those redwoods. I sure did live in this world Picture Quote #1

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It was a fine cry, loud and long, but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow Picture Quote #1

My first-born. All I can remember of her is how she loved the burned bottom of bread. Can you beat that? Eight children and that's all I remember Picture Quote #1

Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me Picture Quote #1

Everybody knew what she was called, but nobody anywhere knew her name. Disremembered and unaccounted for, she cannot be lost because no one is looking for her, and even if they were, how can they call her if they don't know her name? Although she has claim, she is not claimed Picture Quote #1

I believe that one of the principle ways in which we acquire, hold, and digest information, is via narrative, so I hope you will understand when the remarks I make begin with the first sentence of our childhood, that we all remember, the phrase: Once upon a time Picture Quote #1

Language alone protects us from the scariness of things with no names. Language alone is meditation Picture Quote #1

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Tell us what it is to be a woman so that we may know what it is to be a man. What moves at the margin. What it is to have no home in this place. To be set adrift from the one you knew. What it is to live at the edge of towns that cannot bear your company Picture Quote #1

A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves - a special kind of double Picture Quote #1

Her mind traveled crooked streets and aimless goat paths, arriving sometimes at profundity, other times at the revelations of a three-year-old Picture Quote #1

Most of our lives are spent in little towns, little towns all throughout the country. That's where we live. And that's where the juices come from and that's where we made it, not made it in terms of success but made who we are Picture Quote #1

Laughter is more serious than tears Picture Quote #1

I always know the ending; that’s where I start Picture Quote #1

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A coward with a gun is the most dangerous person in the world Picture Quote #1

The isolation, the separateness, is always a part of any utopia Picture Quote #1

A son ain’t what a woman say. A son is what a man do Picture Quote #1

Sifting daylight dissolves the memory, turns it into dust motes floating in light Picture Quote #1

Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do Picture Quote #1

Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow Picture Quote #1

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We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom Picture Quote #1

Love just seems to make life not just livable, but a gallant, gallant event Picture Quote #1

Narrative is radical, creating us at the very moment it is being created Picture Quote #1

The vitality of language lies in its ability to limn the actual, imagined and possible lives of its speakers, readers, writers Picture Quote #1

Black women are the touchstone by which all that is human can be measured Picture Quote #1

As a writer reading, I came to realize the obvious: the subject of the dream is the dreamer Picture Quote #1

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We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives (Toni Morrison Quotes) What difference does it make if the thing you are scared of is real or not? (Toni Morrison Quotes) For me, art is the restoration of order. It may discuss all sort of terrible things, but there must be satisfaction at the end. A little bit of hunger, but also satisfaction (Toni Morrison Quotes) What I think the political correctness debate is really about is the power to be able to define. The definers want the power to name. And the defined are now taking that power away from them (Toni Morrison Quotes) I'm just trying to look at something without blinking, to see what it is like, or it could have been like, and how that had something to do with the way we live now. Novels are always inquiries for me (Toni Morrison Quotes) I know what every colored woman in this country is doing.... Dying. Just like me. But the difference is they dying like a stump. Me, I'm going down like one of those redwoods. I sure did live in this world (Toni Morrison Quotes) It was a fine cry, loud and long, but it had no bottom and it had no top, just circles and circles of sorrow (Toni Morrison Quotes) My first-born. All I can remember of her is how she loved the burned bottom of bread. Can you beat that? Eight children and that's all I remember (Toni Morrison Quotes) Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me (Toni Morrison Quotes) Everybody knew what she was called, but nobody anywhere knew her name. Disremembered and unaccounted for, she cannot be lost because no one is looking for her, and even if they were, how can they call her if they don't know her name? Although she has claim, she is not claimed (Toni Morrison Quotes) I believe that one of the principle ways in which we acquire, hold, and digest information, is via narrative, so I hope you will understand when the remarks I make begin with the first sentence of our childhood, that we all remember, the phrase: Once upon a time (Toni Morrison Quotes) Language alone protects us from the scariness of things with no names. Language alone is meditation (Toni Morrison Quotes) Tell us what it is to be a woman so that we may know what it is to be a man. What moves at the margin. What it is to have no home in this place. To be set adrift from the one you knew. What it is to live at the edge of towns that cannot bear your company (Toni Morrison Quotes) A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves - a special kind of double (Toni Morrison Quotes) Her mind traveled crooked streets and aimless goat paths, arriving sometimes at profundity, other times at the revelations of a three-year-old (Toni Morrison Quotes) Most of our lives are spent in little towns, little towns all throughout the country. That's where we live. And that's where the juices come from and that's where we made it, not made it in terms of success but made who we are (Toni Morrison Quotes) Laughter is more serious than tears (Toni Morrison Quotes) I always know the ending; that’s where I start (Toni Morrison Quotes) A coward with a gun is the most dangerous person in the world (Toni Morrison Quotes) The isolation, the separateness, is always a part of any utopia (Toni Morrison Quotes) A son ain’t what a woman say. A son is what a man do (Toni Morrison Quotes) Sifting daylight dissolves the memory, turns it into dust motes floating in light (Toni Morrison Quotes) Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do (Toni Morrison Quotes) Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow (Toni Morrison Quotes) We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom (Toni Morrison Quotes) Love just seems to make life not just livable, but a gallant, gallant event (Toni Morrison Quotes) Narrative is radical, creating us at the very moment it is being created (Toni Morrison Quotes) The vitality of language lies in its ability to limn the actual, imagined and possible lives of its speakers, readers, writers (Toni Morrison Quotes) Black women are the touchstone by which all that is human can be measured (Toni Morrison Quotes) As a writer reading, I came to realize the obvious: the subject of the dream is the dreamer (Toni Morrison Quotes)

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