"If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down."
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Toni Morrison
Novelist, Essayist
Toni Morrison was a celebrated American novelist known for her powerful exploration of race, identity, and love, particularly in her acclaimed work 'Beloved'.
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Toni Morrison
Novelist, Essayist
"The function of freedom is to free someone else."
Toni Morrison
Novelist, Essayist
"Don’t beg anybody for anything, especially love."
Toni Morrison
Novelist, Essayist
"There is no such thing as race. None. There is just a human race - scientifically, anthropologically. Racism is a construct, a social construct... it has a social function, racism."
Toni Morrison
Novelist, Essayist
"There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal."
Toni Morrison
Novelist, Essayist
"If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it."