00:00If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must be
00:05the one to write it.
00:07Tony Morrison
00:11You are your parent's child, but you are also your own person.
00:16Tony Morrison
00:20Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.
00:25Tony Morrison
00:28We are deeply capable of loving others, but we are also deeply capable of hurting them.
00:35Tony Morrison
00:39Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
00:45Tony Morrison
00:49The function of freedom is to free someone else.
00:53Tony Morrison
00:57Love is divine, immense, and beautiful.
01:01But love is also a terrifying thing.
01:04Tony Morrison
01:08The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
01:12Tony Morrison
01:16She was a long, dark river of eyes, and she didn't have time for me.
01:21Tony Morrison
01:25I want to put my pain and my struggle and my suffering into art.
01:30Tony Morrison
01:34We can't be afraid to face ourselves.
01:38Tony Morrison
01:42There is no such thing as a neutral moment.
01:46Tony Morrison
01:49When you take the view that I am going to be the one who writes the story, then you have
01:54the power.
01:56Tony Morrison
01:59You have to be the boss of yourself.
02:02Tony Morrison
02:06The past is never dead.
02:09It's not even past.
02:12Tony Morrison
02:16If you surrendered to the air, you could ride the air.
02:20Tony Morrison
02:24We live in a world where we have to fight for our lives.
02:29Tony Morrison
02:32I try to do things that make me happy.
02:36Tony Morrison
02:40Don't ever let anybody raise your expectations of what you can do.
02:45Tony Morrison
02:49Writing is a way of talking.
02:51I am a storyteller.
02:54Tony Morrison
02:55I am a storyteller.
02:55Here's your certification.
02:56You know
02:56When you livro
02:56It's not easy.
02:56You know
02:57You know
02:57From the KI
02:57You know
02:57I am a storyteller.
02:57You know
