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More Quotes by Toni Morrison
From my point of view, your life is already a miracle of chance waiting for you to shape its destiny.
All important things are hard.
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.
In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.
If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.
If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race - scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct... it has a social function, racism.
Books ARE a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge - even wisdom. Like art.
