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Toni Morrison

"I would solve a lot of literary problems just thinking about a character in the subway, where you can't do anything anyway."

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"I would solve a lot of literary problems just thinking about a character in the subway, where you can't do anything anyway."

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"I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's contempt. If we are not totally understanding and smiling, suddenly we're demons."
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"She knew Paul D was adding something to her life-something she wanted to count on but was scared to... His waiting eyes and awful human power. The mind of him that knew her own. Her story was bearable because it was his as well-to tell, to refine and tell again. The things neither knew about the other-the things neither had word-shapes for-well, it would come in time."
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"Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are."
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"Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader."
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"Beauty was not simply something to behold, it was something one could do."
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"She missed -- without knowing what she missed-- paints and crayons."
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"He wondered if there was anyone in the world who liked him. Liked him for himself alone."
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"Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be."
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