Toni Morrison quotes

Definitions belong to the definers, not the …Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.

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In this country American means white. Everybody else has to …In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.

Short

If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write …If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

Writing Writer Book

She is a friend of my mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back …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 right order.

Friends Mind

You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you …You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.

Short Freedom

What difference does it make if the thing you scared of is real or …What difference does it make if the thing you scared of is real or not?

Inspirational Short Fear

The function of freedom is to free someone …The function of freedom is to free someone else.

Freedom Inspirational Short

Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings, more thrilling …Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings, more thrilling than understanding could ever be.

Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was …Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.

Freedom

Don't ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn't fall in love, I rose in …Don't ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn't fall in love, I rose in it.

Love Relationship

Like any artist without an art form, she became …Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.

Art Short



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