At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough.

Quote by Toni Morrison

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Everywhere, everywhere, children are the scorned people of the earth.

Everywhere, everywhere, children are the scorned people of the earth.

The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are...

The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are...

I remember a very important lesson that my father gave me when I was twelve...

I remember a very important lesson that my father gave me when I was twelve...

The body is ready to have babies. Nature wants it done then, when the body...

The body is ready to have babies. Nature wants it done then, when the body...

I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or...

I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or...

Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were...

Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were...

There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle,...

There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle,...

In becoming an American, from Europe, what one has in common with that other immigrant...

In becoming an American, from Europe, what one has in common with that other immigrant...

Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair....

Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair....

Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.

Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

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

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

The loneliest woman in the world is the woman without a close woman friend.

The loneliest woman in the world is the woman without a close woman friend.

I get angry about things, then go on and work.

I get angry about things, then go on and work.

I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insult, as pitiable, from the...

I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insult, as pitiable, from the...

Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers.

Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers.

When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.

When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.

It's the hardest thing in the world to go on being aware of someone else's...

It's the hardest thing in the world to go on being aware of someone else's...

In dreams we can recreate love, fear, guilt, happiness. In our minds we can create...

In dreams we can recreate love, fear, guilt, happiness. In our minds we can create...

I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one,...

I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one,...