Everybody gets everything handed to them. The rich inherit it. I don't mean just inheritance of money. I mean what people take for granted among the middle and upper classes, which is nepotism, the old-boy network.

Quote by Toni Morrison

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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.

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,...

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 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...

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,...

If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.

If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.

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...

Schools must stop being holding pens to keep energetic young people off the job market...

Schools must stop being holding pens to keep energetic young people off the job market...

Black people are victims of an enormous amount of violence. None of those things can...

Black people are victims of an enormous amount of violence. None of those things can...

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

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

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

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

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...

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may...

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may...

As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.

As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.

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.

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...

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...

No one ever talks about the moment you found that you were white. Or the...

No one ever talks about the moment you found that you were white. Or the...

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...

Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers.

Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers.