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“The body is ready to have babies. Nature wants it done then, when the body can handle it, not after 40, when the income can handle it.”

Quote by Toni Morrison

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Conversations with Toni Morrison

Conversations with Toni Morrison is a compilation of in-depth discussions with the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, offering readers a rare glimpse into her thoughts and experiences. The book delves into Morrison's creative journey, her approach to storytelling, and her views on race, identity, and the human condition. It is a treasure trove of wisdom and a testament to her profound impact on American literature. more

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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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“There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people.”

People Doe Social Black Cities Economy Policy Consequence Concern Planning Black People Social Policy City Planning

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“I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insult, as pitiable, from the other person. I never absorbed that. I always thought that there was something deficient about such people.”

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“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.”

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“Black people are victims of an enormous amount of violence. None of those things can take place without the complicity of the people who run the schools and the city.”

People Running School Black Cities Violence Amount Victim Enormous Black People Complicity

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“Nelson Mandela is, for me, the single statesman in the world. The single statesman, in that literal sense, who is not solving all his problems with guns. It's truly unbelievable.”

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“If the poet has pursued a moral objective, he has diminished his poetic force.”

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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.”

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

People War Country Used Black Class Revolutionary Black People

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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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Author:Toni Morrison