All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
~ Toni Morrison

We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.
~ Toni Morrison

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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
~ Toni Morrison

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It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
~ Toni Morrison

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Anything dead coming back to life hurts.
~ Toni Morrison

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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
~ Toni Morrison

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

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The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being.
~ Toni Morrison

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