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Toni Morrison quotes about humanity

American Novelist February 18, 1931

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You can't own a human being. You can't lose what you don't own. Suppose you did own him. Could you really love somebody who was absolutely nobody without you? You really want somebody like that? Somebody who falls apart when you walk out the door? You don't, do you? And neither does he. You're turning over your whole life to him. Your whole life, girl. And if it means so little to you that you can just give it away, hand it to him, then why should it mean any more to him? he can't value you... Toni Morrison
Along with the idea of romantic love, she was introduced to another--physical beauty. Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought. Both originated in envy, thrived in insecurity, and ended in disillusion. Toni Morrison
This is the time for every artist in every genre to do what he or she does loudly and consistently. It doesn't matter to me what your position is. You've got to keep asserting the complexity and the originality of life, and the multiplicity of it, and the facets of it. This is about being a complex human being in the world, not about finding a villain. This is no time for anything else than the best that you've got. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "It's a bad word, 'belong.' Especially when you put it with..."
It's a bad word, 'belong.' Especially when you put it with somebody you love ... You can't own a human being. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "How exquisitely human was the wish for permanent happiness,..."
How exquisitely human was the wish for permanent happiness, and how thin human imagination became trying to achieve it. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "I said you. Take you, my daughter. Because I saw the tall man..."
I said you. Take you, my daughter. Because I saw the tall man see you as a human child, not pieces of eight. Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison quote: "It wasn't a miracle. Bestowed by God. It was a mercy. Offered..."
It wasn't a miracle. Bestowed by God. It was a mercy. Offered by a human. Toni Morrison

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