“You are beautiful because you’re funny. You are alive because you’re a question.” — Morgan Parker Alive Copy Share Image
We can look at history and see that [political turmoil is] fertile ground for art. — Morgan Parker Art Copy Share Image
I don't claim to say, "All black women are like me," because they're not. — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
“Nobody has ever fought as hard for anything as you fought for our love.” — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
“What kind of bodies are movable and feasts. What color are visions.” — Morgan Parker Color Copy Share Image
“i believe that in your heart, you have blood not love, and that blood is to the heart what ideas (not love)… — Morgan Parker Love Copy Share Image
“It's easy to think you love someone when the person you really want isn't there for you, at least not physically” — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
“No, it wasn’t the words so much as the fact that she used an authentic label maker to send me the message.… — morgan parker Authentic Copy Share Image
So much of my writing process is trying to eliminate any kind of shame or fear of the thoughts that I'm having. — Morgan Parker Fear Copy Share Image
My friends and I have all been super motivated to work and to do the work that we need to and want… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
“Distance is something you can control; meeting your soulmate in the short span of a lifetime is something you can't” — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
I really hope that people feel permission to talk about their own troubles, but also to celebrate themselves. — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
“If getting dumped by a spouse for a “younger model” burned women, then losing the love of your life to a wealthier… — Morgan Parker Love Copy Share Image
“Writers are always scrapping one word for a better one. Regular people just say stuff, they don't replace there words ever. Its… — Morgan Parker Language Copy Share Image
So much of the world and the systems that we live within are made to keep us from feeling like we're free.… — Morgan Parker Being free Copy Share Image
“I tasted perfection, like a Lindt chocolate with all that soft and tasty core. I wasn't sure what flavor would be "perfection,"… — Morgan Parker Food Copy Share Image
There was something about Beyoncé that felt like a vessel, I guess, that I could kind of impose all of these feelings… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
Hard times are really a fire under your ass to prioritize and think, "Okay, how can I challenge myself to put something… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
The book [There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé?] is quite complex, and I was worried that it would be marketed as… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
Mickalene [Thomas] is an artist that I have admired for a long time. So much of her work inspires me - I… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
“Whether we deserve this or not, whether these turn out to be the darkest days of our lives or the brightest happiness,… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
Since the election [of Donald Trump], I've been thinking about a lot of theory. Lots of [Michel] Foucault and [Karl] Marx, thinking… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
I liked the idea of using this mega-star [Beyoncé ] to talk about all those things on the tiny scale of my life. — Morgan Parker Ideas Copy Share Image
“i believe that true character gets revealed in actions, not in what someone says about him or herself.” — Morgan Parker Character Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I wonder Is Beyonce who she says she is Will I accidentally live forever and be sentenced to smile at men… — Morgan Parker Live forever Copy Share Image
I guess the only thing I'd say is it ['There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé?'] shouldn't be read as "Beyoncé is… — Morgan Parker Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Yes, its long distance, yes it's a little inconvenient, but when all you've got is distance between you and your soulmate, that's… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
I've been thinking a lot about folks denying what has happened in history, or just not acknowledging it. — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
Where I would usually backspace, I stop and say, "You know what? This is important, that I say how I feel and… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
“You don’t believe in fighting for love.” “I might not believe in fighting for love,” she admitted, “but I believe in fighting… — Morgan Parker Fighting for love Copy Share Image
“...there was no fucking chance I was going to hang out with Jennifer doing scrapbooking. I couldn't trust her with scissors for… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
“But there was one revelation that came out od TXT4sex. And it was this: any idiot can write a book. So that… — Morgan Parker Books Copy Share Image
“You're not my words Emma...But you're my numbers. You're all of my numbers...You're my infinity.” — Morgan Parker Infinity Copy Share Image
“And Olivia sat there, unable to breathe or think or see straight, like someone had just punched a hole in her chest… — Morgan Parker Heart Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time trying to layer upon layer upon layer as I wrote. I think that's often the fear… — Morgan Parker Fear Copy Share Image
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![“The book [There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé?] is quite complex, and I was worried that it would be marketed as one-sided or flat, and I knew that Mickalene's [Tomas] work would be able to encompass all the many states of being that are in the book.” quote by Morgan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/006/morgan-parker-6193_able_the-book-there-are-more-beautiful-things_230543.jpg)
![“Mickalene [Thomas] is an artist that I have admired for a long time. So much of her work inspires me - I spend time looking at her work when I'm writing. I feel like we're working toward the same themes, and I see our work in conversation, whether we know it or not.” quote by Morgan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/960/morgan-parker-6193_art_mickalene-thomas-is-an-artist-that-i-hav_1355829.jpg)
![“Since the election [of Donald Trump], I've been thinking about a lot of theory. Lots of [Michel] Foucault and [Karl] Marx, thinking about different systems, thinking about power. Trying to figure out what I can take and learn from history as a tool for getting through whatever is happening right…” quote by Morgan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d75/morgan-parker-6193_different_since-the-election-of-donald-trump-i-ve_1149337.jpg)
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