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Toni Morrison Quotes: Books ARE a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
         

Books ARE a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.


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I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer - its dust and lowering skies.



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



The function of freedom is to free someone else.

The function of freedom is to free someone else.



Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love.

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.

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.



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

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.



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

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



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

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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The struggle goes on. The victory is in the struggle, for me. And I accepted that a long time ago.



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Being on stage is what I enjoy.



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Sometimes you have to forget and forgive. Forgive them for hurting you and forget that they exist!



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Instead of fighting the ego, I align with the evolutionary impulse and I ask myself: What does the evolutionary impulse wants to say or do through me?

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