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Toni Morrison Quotes

Isolation, you know, carries the seeds of its own destruction because as times change, other things seep in Picture Quote #1

The best part of all, the absolutely most delicious part, is finishing it and then doing it over I rewrite a lot, over and over again, so that it looks like I never did Picture Quote #1

When you stiffen, you know that whatever you stiffen about is very important. The stuff is important, the fear itself is information Picture Quote #1

Race is the least reliable information you can have about someone. It’s real information, but it tells you next to nothing Picture Quote #1

One has to work very carefully with what is in between the words. What is not said. Which is measure, which is rhythm and so on. So, it is what you don’t write that frequently gives what you do write its power Picture Quote #1

The language must be careful and must appear effortless. It must not sweat. It must suggest and be provocative at the same time Picture Quote #1

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I sometimes lose interest in the characters and get much more interested in the trees and animals Picture Quote #1

Long before I was a success, my parents made me feel like I could be one Picture Quote #1

Home is memory, home is your history, home is where you work. Some people want to abandon it and become truly local. But the questions are all there Picture Quote #1

A little black girl yearns for the blue eyes of a little white girl, and the horror at the heart of her yearning is exceeded only by the evil of fulfillment Picture Quote #1

Racism will disappear when it’s no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it’ll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con Picture Quote #1

I think one of the reasons I’m so thrilled with writing is because it is an act of reading for me at the same time, which is why my revisions are so sustained Picture Quote #1

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Intimacy is extremely important to me and I want it to be extremely important to the readers Picture Quote #1

When I went into the publishing industry, many women talked about the difficulty they had in persuading their families to let them go to college. They educated the boys, and the girls had to struggle 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

What’s interesting about writing is the invention, the creative thing. Writing about myself is a yawn Picture Quote #1

The difference between that which is humane and that which is patriotic is a vital difference Picture Quote #1

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For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land Picture Quote #1

They encouraged you to put some of your weight in their hands and soon as you felt how light and lovely it was, they studied your scars and tribulations Picture Quote #1

Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be Picture Quote #1

A dead hydrangea is as intricate and lovely as one in bloom. Bleak sky is as seductive as sunshine, miniature orange trees without blossom or fruit are not defective; they are that Picture Quote #1

When am I happy and when am I sad and what is the difference? What do I need to know to stay alive? What is true in the world? Picture Quote #1

What’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it? Picture Quote #1

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I write the way women have babies. You don’t know it’s going to be like that. If you did, there’s no way you would go through with it Picture Quote #1

I had only one desire: to dismember it. To see of what it was made, to discover the dearness, to find the beauty, the desirability that had escaped me, but apparently only me Picture Quote #1

Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging Picture Quote #1

Say make me, remake me. You are free to do it and I am free to let you because look, look. Look where your hands are. Now Picture Quote #1

It would be ten years before they saw each other again, and their meeting would be thick with birds Picture Quote #1

She learned the intricacy of loneliness: the horror of color, the roar of soundlessness and the menace of familiar objects lying still Picture Quote #1

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Isolation, you know, carries the seeds of its own destruction because as times change, other things seep in (Toni Morrison Quotes) The best part of all, the absolutely most delicious part, is finishing it and then doing it over I rewrite a lot, over and over again, so that it looks like I never did (Toni Morrison Quotes) When you stiffen, you know that whatever you stiffen about is very important. The stuff is important, the fear itself is information (Toni Morrison Quotes) Race is the least reliable information you can have about someone. It’s real information, but it tells you next to nothing (Toni Morrison Quotes) One has to work very carefully with what is in between the words. What is not said. Which is measure, which is rhythm and so on. So, it is what you don’t write that frequently gives what you do write its power (Toni Morrison Quotes) The language must be careful and must appear effortless. It must not sweat. It must suggest and be provocative at the same time (Toni Morrison Quotes) I sometimes lose interest in the characters and get much more interested in the trees and animals (Toni Morrison Quotes) Long before I was a success, my parents made me feel like I could be one (Toni Morrison Quotes) Home is memory, home is your history, home is where you work. Some people want to abandon it and become truly local. But the questions are all there (Toni Morrison Quotes) A little black girl yearns for the blue eyes of a little white girl, and the horror at the heart of her yearning is exceeded only by the evil of fulfillment (Toni Morrison Quotes) Racism will disappear when it’s no longer profitable, and no longer psychologically useful. And when that happens, it’ll be gone. But at the moment, people make a lot of money off of it, pro and con (Toni Morrison Quotes) I think one of the reasons I’m so thrilled with writing is because it is an act of reading for me at the same time, which is why my revisions are so sustained (Toni Morrison Quotes) Intimacy is extremely important to me and I want it to be extremely important to the readers (Toni Morrison Quotes) When I went into the publishing industry, many women talked about the difficulty they had in persuading their families to let them go to college. They educated the boys, and the girls had to struggle (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) What’s interesting about writing is the invention, the creative thing. Writing about myself is a yawn (Toni Morrison Quotes) The difference between that which is humane and that which is patriotic is a vital difference (Toni Morrison Quotes) For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land (Toni Morrison Quotes) They encouraged you to put some of your weight in their hands and soon as you felt how light and lovely it was, they studied your scars and tribulations (Toni Morrison Quotes) Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be (Toni Morrison Quotes) A dead hydrangea is as intricate and lovely as one in bloom. Bleak sky is as seductive as sunshine, miniature orange trees without blossom or fruit are not defective; they are that (Toni Morrison Quotes) When am I happy and when am I sad and what is the difference? What do I need to know to stay alive? What is true in the world? (Toni Morrison Quotes) What’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it? (Toni Morrison Quotes) I write the way women have babies. You don’t know it’s going to be like that. If you did, there’s no way you would go through with it (Toni Morrison Quotes) I had only one desire: to dismember it. To see of what it was made, to discover the dearness, to find the beauty, the desirability that had escaped me, but apparently only me (Toni Morrison Quotes) Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging (Toni Morrison Quotes) Say make me, remake me. You are free to do it and I am free to let you because look, look. Look where your hands are. Now (Toni Morrison Quotes) It would be ten years before they saw each other again, and their meeting would be thick with birds (Toni Morrison Quotes) She learned the intricacy of loneliness: the horror of color, the roar of soundlessness and the menace of familiar objects lying still (Toni Morrison Quotes)

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