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Toni Cade Bambara quotes: Revolution begins with the self, in the self.

Revolution begins with the self, in the self.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: The dream is real, my friends. The failure to make it work is the unreality.

The dream is real, my friends. The failure to make it work is the unreality.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: Writing is one of the ways I participate in transformation.

Writing is one of the ways I participate in transformation.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: Reappraise the past, re-evaluate where we've been, clarify where we are, and predict or anticipate where we are headed ...

Reappraise the past, re-evaluate where we've been, clarify where we are, and predict or anticipate where we are headed ...

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: The purpose of a writer is to make revolution irresistible.

The purpose of a writer is to make revolution irresistible.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: (M)aybe we too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest and worthy of respect ... you know ... like being people.

(M)aybe we too busy being flowers or fairies or strawberries instead of something honest and worthy of respect ... you know ... like being people.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: My responsibility to myself, my neighbors, my family and the human family is to try to tell the truth.

My responsibility to myself, my neighbors, my family and the human family is to try to tell the truth.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: She [my mother] gave me permission to wonder, to dawdle, to daydream.

She [my mother] gave me permission to wonder, to dawdle, to daydream.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: Medication without explanation is obscene.

Medication without explanation is obscene.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: We have not been scuffling in this waste-howling wildness for the right to be stupid.

We have not been scuffling in this waste-howling wildness for the right to be stupid.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: Old folks are the nation.

Old folks are the nation.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: ... got to give it all up, the pain, the hurt, the anger and make room for lovely things to rush in and fill you full.

... got to give it all up, the pain, the hurt, the anger and make room for lovely things to rush in and fill you full.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: Old folks is the nation.

Old folks is the nation.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: And what is religion, you might ask. It's a technology of living.

And what is religion, you might ask. It's a technology of living.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: The story is a piece of work. The novel is a way of life.

The story is a piece of work. The novel is a way of life.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: Writing is a legitimate way, an important way, to participate in the empowerment of the community that names me.

Writing is a legitimate way, an important way, to participate in the empowerment of the community that names me.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: Write a lot and hit the streets. A writer who doesn't keep up with what's out there ain't gonna be out there.

Write a lot and hit the streets. A writer who doesn't keep up with what's out there ain't gonna be out there.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: An artist represents an oppressed people and makes revolution irresistible.

An artist represents an oppressed people and makes revolution irresistible.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: One monkey don't stop no show. Not one, not six. The struggle continues.

One monkey don't stop no show. Not one, not six. The struggle continues.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: I'll be damned if I want most folks out there to do unto me what they do unto themselves.

I'll be damned if I want most folks out there to do unto me what they do unto themselves.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible

The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: Take away the miseries and you take away some folks' reason for living.

Take away the miseries and you take away some folks' reason for living.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: My mother, religious-negro, proud of having waded through a storm, is, very obviously a sturdy bridge that I have crossed over on.

My mother, religious-negro, proud of having waded through a storm, is, very obviously a sturdy bridge that I have crossed over on.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: Our lives preserved. How it was; and how it be. Passing it along in the relay. That is what I work to do: to produce stories that save our lives.

Our lives preserved. How it was; and how it be. Passing it along in the relay. That is what I work to do: to produce stories that save our lives.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: The only proper mask to wear in life is your own damn face.

The only proper mask to wear in life is your own damn face.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: Not all speed is movement.

Not all speed is movement.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: Words are to be taken seriously. I try to take seriously acts of language. Words set things in motion.

Words are to be taken seriously. I try to take seriously acts of language. Words set things in motion.

Toni Cade Bambara quotes: What can defeat greed, technological superiority, and legal lawlessness ... is discipline, consciousness, and unity.

What can defeat greed, technological superiority, and legal lawlessness ... is discipline, consciousness, and unity.