Toni Morrison

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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These are some quotes by American author Toni Morrison Novelist, who was born on February 18, 1931.

Quotes by Toni Morrison

Make a difference about something other than yourselves.

Toni Morrison

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Everywhere, everywhere, children are the scorned people of the earth.

Toni Morrison

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If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You are confined by your own repression.

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