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Toni Morrison Quotes

To be given dominion over another is a hard thing; to wrest dominion over another is a wrong thing; to give dominion of yourself to another is a wicked thing Picture Quote #1

No matter what all your teeth and wet fingers anticipated, there was no accounting for the way that simple joy could shake you Picture Quote #1

When they fall in love with a city, it is for forever and it is like forever Picture Quote #1

Misery colored by the greens and blues in my mother’s voice took away all the grief out of the words and left me with a conviction that pain was not only endurable, it was sweet Picture Quote #1

Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge Picture Quote #1

People say to write about what you know. I’m here to tell you, no one wants to read that, cos you don’t know anything. So write about something you don’t know. And don’t be scared, ever Picture Quote #1

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I want to feel what I feel. What’s mine. Even if it’s not happiness, whatever that means. Because you’re all you’ve got Picture Quote #1

Nobody loved her and she wouldn’t have liked it if they had, she considered love a serious disability Picture Quote #1

Certain seeds it will not nurture, certain fruit it will not bear and when the land kills of its own volition, we acquiesce and say the victim had no right to live Picture Quote #1

How exquisitely human was the wish for permanent happiness, and how thin human imagination became trying to achieve it Picture Quote #1

The theme you choose may change or simply elude you, but being your own story means you can always choose the tone. It also means that you can invent the language to say who are you and what you mean Picture Quote #1

From my point of view, which is that of a storyteller, I see your life as something artful, waiting, just waiting and ready for you to make it art Picture Quote #1

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My world did not shrink because I was a black female writer. It just got bigger Picture Quote #1

Grown don’t mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown. In my heart it don’t mean a thing Picture Quote #1

The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one Picture Quote #1

I don’t wait to be struck by lightning and I don’t need certain slants of light in order to be able to write Picture Quote #1

I don’t know whether the bird you are holding is dead or alive, but what I do know is that it is in your hands. It is in your hands Picture Quote #1

Listen up. Let me tell you something. A man ain’t a goddamn ax. Chopping, hacking, busting every goddamn minute of the day. Things get to him. Things he can’t chop down because they’re inside Picture Quote #1

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I can’t explain inspiration. A writer is either compelled to write or not. And if I waited for inspiration I wouldn’t really be a writer Picture Quote #1

Like friendship, hatred needed more than physical intimacy; it wanted creativity and hard work to sustain itself Picture Quote #1

The enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things Picture Quote #1

All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in Picture Quote #1

The best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time Picture Quote #1

When you know your name, you should hang on to it, for unless it is noted down and remembered, it will die when you do Picture Quote #1

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The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order Picture Quote #1

I always start out with an idea, even a boring idea, that becomes a question I don’t have answers to Picture Quote #1

From my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny Picture Quote #1

No gasp at a miracle that is truly miraculous because the magic lies in the fact that you knew it was there for you all along Picture Quote #1

If you can’t count, they can cheat you. If you can’t read, they can beat you Picture Quote #1

Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn’t have each other you had nothing Picture Quote #1

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To be given dominion over another is a hard thing; to wrest dominion over another is a wrong thing; to give dominion of yourself to another is a wicked thing (Toni Morrison Quotes) No matter what all your teeth and wet fingers anticipated, there was no accounting for the way that simple joy could shake you (Toni Morrison Quotes) When they fall in love with a city, it is for forever and it is like forever (Toni Morrison Quotes) Misery colored by the greens and blues in my mother’s voice took away all the grief out of the words and left me with a conviction that pain was not only endurable, it was sweet (Toni Morrison Quotes) Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge (Toni Morrison Quotes) People say to write about what you know. I’m here to tell you, no one wants to read that, cos you don’t know anything. So write about something you don’t know. And don’t be scared, ever (Toni Morrison Quotes) I want to feel what I feel. What’s mine. Even if it’s not happiness, whatever that means. Because you’re all you’ve got (Toni Morrison Quotes) Nobody loved her and she wouldn’t have liked it if they had, she considered love a serious disability (Toni Morrison Quotes) Certain seeds it will not nurture, certain fruit it will not bear and when the land kills of its own volition, we acquiesce and say the victim had no right to live (Toni Morrison Quotes) How exquisitely human was the wish for permanent happiness, and how thin human imagination became trying to achieve it (Toni Morrison Quotes) The theme you choose may change or simply elude you, but being your own story means you can always choose the tone. It also means that you can invent the language to say who are you and what you mean (Toni Morrison Quotes) From my point of view, which is that of a storyteller, I see your life as something artful, waiting, just waiting and ready for you to make it art (Toni Morrison Quotes) My world did not shrink because I was a black female writer. It just got bigger (Toni Morrison Quotes) Grown don’t mean nothing to a mother. A child is a child. They get bigger, older, but grown. In my heart it don’t mean a thing (Toni Morrison Quotes) The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one (Toni Morrison Quotes) I don’t wait to be struck by lightning and I don’t need certain slants of light in order to be able to write (Toni Morrison Quotes) I don’t know whether the bird you are holding is dead or alive, but what I do know is that it is in your hands. It is in your hands (Toni Morrison Quotes) Listen up. Let me tell you something. A man ain’t a goddamn ax. Chopping, hacking, busting every goddamn minute of the day. Things get to him. Things he can’t chop down because they’re inside (Toni Morrison Quotes) I can’t explain inspiration. A writer is either compelled to write or not. And if I waited for inspiration I wouldn’t really be a writer (Toni Morrison Quotes) Like friendship, hatred needed more than physical intimacy; it wanted creativity and hard work to sustain itself (Toni Morrison Quotes) The enemy is not men. The enemy is the concept of patriarchy, the concept of patriarchy as the way to run the world or do things (Toni Morrison Quotes) All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in (Toni Morrison Quotes) The best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time (Toni Morrison Quotes) When you know your name, you should hang on to it, for unless it is noted down and remembered, it will die when you do (Toni Morrison Quotes) The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order (Toni Morrison Quotes) I always start out with an idea, even a boring idea, that becomes a question I don’t have answers to (Toni Morrison Quotes) From my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny (Toni Morrison Quotes) No gasp at a miracle that is truly miraculous because the magic lies in the fact that you knew it was there for you all along (Toni Morrison Quotes) If you can’t count, they can cheat you. If you can’t read, they can beat you (Toni Morrison Quotes) Black women have always been friends. I mean, if you didn’t have each other you had nothing (Toni Morrison Quotes)

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