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

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

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

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

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...

It's been mentioned or suggested that Paradise will not be well studied, because it's about...

It's been mentioned or suggested that Paradise will not be well studied, because it's about...

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange...

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange...

For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black...

For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black...

Birth, life, and death -- each took place on the hidden side of a leaf

Birth, life, and death -- each took place on the hidden side of a leaf

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

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

If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written...

If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written...

I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women...

I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women...

You marvel at the economy and this choice of words. How many ways can you...

You marvel at the economy and this choice of words. How many ways can you...

My children are delightful people, whom I would love even if they weren't my children.

My children are delightful people, whom I would love even if they weren't my children.

Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than...

Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than...

Nelson Mandela is, for me, the single statesman in the world. The single statesman, in...

Nelson Mandela is, for me, the single statesman in the world. The single statesman, in...

Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.

Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.

Make a difference about something other than yourselves.

Make a difference about something other than yourselves.

Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to...

Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to...

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.

For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and...

For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and...

Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that...

Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that...