You your own best thing, Sethe. You are.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the importance of self-worth and identity.
Toni Morrison's quote speaks to the intrinsic value of the self, asserting that every individual holds their own unique worth. In a world where external opinions can often overshadow personal beliefs, it serves as a powerful reminder that one must recognize and embrace their own significance and strength.
In practice
During a motivational talk about self-acceptance.
There is a certain kind of peace that is not merely the absence of war. It is larger than that. The peace I am thinking of is not at the mercy of history's rule, nor is it a passive surrender to the status quo. The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one -- an activity that occurs most naturally, most often in the reading/writing world we live in. Accessible as it is, this particular kind of peace warrants vigilance.
You looking good." "Devil's confusion. He lets me look good long as I feel bad.
What do you say? There really are no words for that. There really aren't. Somebody tries to say, 'I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.' People say that to me. There's no language for it. Sorry doesn't do it. I think you should just hug people and mop their floor or something.
An innocent man is a sin before God. Inhuman and therefore untrustworthy. No man should live without absorbing the sins of his kind, the foul air of his innocence, even if it did wilt rows of angel trumpets and cause them to fall from their vines.
Like friendship, hatred needed more than physical intimacy; it wanted creativity and hard work to sustain itself
One of my kids was born in 1968. There were going to be political difficulties, but they were never going to have that level of hatred and contempt that my brothers and my sister and myself were exposed to.
Littera scripta manet - 'The written word will remain'. That's true, but it won't be that much comfort to me.
every pleasure's got an edge of pain, pay your ticket and don't complain
Time is making fools of us again.
Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
Don’t underestimate the value of irony—it is extremely valuable.
Money is congealed energy, and releasing it releases life's possibilities.
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