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Our past is bleak. Our future dim. But I am not reasonable. A reasonable man adjusts to his environment. And unreasonable man does not. All progress, therefore, depends on the unreasonable man. I prefer not to adjust to my environment. I refuse the prison of “I” and choose the open spaces of “we”.
— Toni Morrison The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays
Tags: past, hope, future

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Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.
— Toni Morrison
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Everywhere, everywhere, children are the scorned people of the earth.
— Toni Morrison
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No one ever talks about the moment you found that you were white. Or the moment you found out you were black. That's a profound revelation. The minute you find that out, something happens. You have to renegotiate everything.
— Toni Morrison
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As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
— Toni Morrison
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At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough.
— Toni Morrison
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