The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
TONI MORRISONThe peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.
TONI MORRISONYou are your best thing.
TONI MORRISONBut to find out the truth about how dreams die, one should never take the word of the dreamer.
TONI MORRISONBooks are a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.
TONI MORRISONIf you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.
TONI MORRISONSomething that is loved is never lost.
TONI MORRISONAll water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
TONI MORRISONIf you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have a serious problem. And white people have a very, very serious problem.
TONI MORRISONFreedom is choosing your responsibility. It’s not having no responsibilitie s; it’s choosing the ones you want.
TONI MORRISONIt is sheer good fortune to miss somebody long before they leave you.
TONI MORRISONHe can’t value you more than you value yourself.
TONI MORRISONPerhaps that’s what all human relationships boiled down to: Would you save my life? or would you take it?
TONI MORRISONAll paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in.
TONI MORRISONAll important things are hard.
TONI MORRISONThe function of freedom is to free someone else.
TONI MORRISONBlack boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
TONI MORRISON