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The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power. – Toni Morrison

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Its been mentioned or suggested that Paradise will not be well studied, because its about this unimportant intellectual topic, which is religion. – Toni Morrison

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I dont think a female running a house is a problem, a broken family. Its perceived as one because of the notion that a head is a man. – Toni Morrison

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Family
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A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves — a special kind of double. – Toni Morrison

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I believe in the power of weakness. – Pat Buckley

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Charm – which means the power to effect work without employing brute force – is indispensable to women. Charm is a womans strength just as strength is a mans charm. – Havelock Ellis

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O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else! – Samuel Richardson

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Power is not alluring to pure minds. – Thomas Jefferson

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I would say readers can trust my work more than anyone elses. – Joseph J. Ellis

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