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Quotes from A Humanist View — Toni Morrison

1931–2019 United States

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They are in prisons of their own construction: and their ignorance and their stunted emotional growth consistently boggle the mind.

A Humanist View (1975)

Racial ignorance is a prison from which there is no escape because there’re no doors.

A Humanist View (1975)

To the artist one can only say, not to be confused, — not to be confused.

A Humanist View (1975)

None of that is necessary. There will always be one more thing.

A Humanist View (1975)

To avoid the prison of reacting to racism is a problem of the very first order. Where the mind dwells on changing the minds of racists is a very dank place.

A Humanist View (1975)

We are the moral inhabitants of the globe. And to deny it is to lie in prison.

A Humanist View (1975)

They are the petulant ones who call themselves proud, and they are the disdainful ones who call themselves fastidious, and they are the mean-spirited ones who call themselves just.

A Humanist View (1975)

It’s important, therefore, to know who the real enemy is, and to know the function, the very serious function of racism, which is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining over and over again, your reason for being.

A Humanist View (1975)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Toni Morrison (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.