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

Quote by Toni Morrison

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

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

I like marriage. The idea.

I like marriage. The idea.

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...

At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph,...

At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph,...

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

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

A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not...

A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not...

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.

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

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

I don't think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless they're black or poor. The question...

I don't think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless they're black or poor. The question...

You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.

You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.

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...

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...

Too much tail. All that jewelry weighs it down. Like vanity. Can't nobody fly with...

Too much tail. All that jewelry weighs it down. Like vanity. Can't nobody fly with...

I don't think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. It's...

I don't think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. It's...

I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's...

I'm always annoyed about why black people have to bear the brunt of everybody else's...

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...

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,...

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...

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Some people have active imaginations, but they don't know me and they're wrong if they...

Some people have active imaginations, but they don't know me and they're wrong if they...