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Toni Morrison Quotes: All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
         

All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.


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If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.



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The function of freedom is to free someone else.



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Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.



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There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.

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



In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.

In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.



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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.



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Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.





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