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“The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book.”

Quote by Toni Morrison

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Toni Morrison is an American novelist known for her profound portrayal of the history and culture of African Americans. Her works often explore issues of race, gender, and identity, with her most famous novels being 'The Bluest Eye' and 'Sula'. more

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“Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war.”

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

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“I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.”

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“I would solve a lot of literary problems just thinking about a character in the subway, where you can't do anything anyway.”

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“Schools must stop being holding pens to keep energetic young people off the job market and off the streets. We stretch puberty out a long, long time.”

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“Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers.”

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“You marvel at the economy and this choice of words. How many ways can you describe the sky and the moon? After Sylvia Plath, what can you say?”

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“I don't think anybody cares about unwed mothers unless they're black or poor. The question is not morality, the question is money. That's what we're upset about.”

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“In literature as in ethics, there is danger, as well as glory, in being subtle. Aristocracy isolates us.”

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“I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and and who always assumed they had to work and rear children and manage homes.”

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