What’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?
TONI MORRISONWhat’s the world for you if you can’t make it up the way you want it?
TONI MORRISONThere is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.
TONI MORRISONFreeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.
TONI MORRISONA writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
TONI MORRISONFreedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
TONI MORRISONThere is no civilization that did not begin with art, Whether it was drawing a line in the sand, painting a cave or dancing.
TONI MORRISONAt some point in life the world’s beauty becomes enough.
TONI MORRISONA dream is just a nightmare with lipstick.
TONI MORRISONThe 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 MORRISONLove is or it ain’t. Thin love ain’t love at all.
TONI MORRISONToday is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.
TONI MORRISONWhat a woman. What a life.
TONI MORRISONLet your face speak what’s in your heart.
TONI MORRISONI want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are.
TONI MORRISONYou are your own stories.
TONI MORRISONAs you enter positions of trust and power, dream a little before you think.
TONI MORRISON