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I type in one place, but I write all over the house.
A son ain't what a woman say. A son is what a man do.
Political doesn't necessarily mean you have an agenda.
Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader.
Make a difference about something other than yourselves.
It seems to me everything Shakespeare did was political.
At some point in life, the world's beauty becomes enough.
Like any artist without an art form, she became dangerous.
I know that my books are worthy, which is separate from me.
If happiness is anticipation with certainty, we were happy.
You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.
When there is pain, there are no words. All pain is the same.
A coward with a gun is the most dangerous person in the world
In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.
You been gone too long, Sula. Not too long, but maybe too far.
if they put an iron circle around your neck I will bite it away
The isolation, the separateness, is always a part of any utopia.
Write about something you don't know. And don't be scared, ever.
Make a difference, does it? You stay the night here snake get you.
Anger... it's a paralyzing emotion... you can't get anything done.
Lay my head on the railroad line. Train come along; pacify my mind.
Deep, deep trouble. Can't rival the dead for love. Lose every time.
Birth, life, and death― each took place on the hidden side of a leaf.
Everywhere, everywhere, children are the scorned people of the earth.
What's the world for you if you can't make it up the way you want it?
What difference do it make if the thing you scared of is real or not?
What I'm doing ain't about hating White people. It's about loving us.
A man ain't nothing but a man. But a son? Well, now, that's somebody.
It is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
In this country American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
Evil is so seductive. It needs to grind you up and make you its slave.
If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.
A friend gathers all the pieces and gives them back in the right order.
Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers.
Narrative is radical, creating us at the very moment it is being created.
The screams of a hurt woman were indistinguishable from everyday traffic.
Long before I was a success, my parents made me feel like I could be one.
Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.
Black women are the touchstone by which all that is human can be measured.
Your life is already artful-waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.
As you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
Love just seems to make life not just livable, but a gallant, gallant event.
Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me.
When they fall in love with a city, it is for forever and it is like forever.
If you can't count, they can cheat you. If you can't read, they can beat you.
The Administration of the United States is such dread I almost feel paralyzed.
Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.
You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.
You looking good." "Devil's confusion. He lets me look good long as I feel bad.
My world did not shrink because I was a black female writer. It just got bigger.